Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) For purposes of subdivision 3 of section
220 of the Labor Law, supplements shall
include the amount of:
(1) any contribution
irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor on behalf of laborers,
workers and mechanics to a fund, plan or program to provide supplements;
and
(2) the cost to the contractor
or subcontractor which is actually incurred in providing supplements not
covered by paragraph (1) of this subdivision to laborers, workers and
mechanics, provided such supplements are enumerated in the current annually
determined prevailing wage rate schedule promulgated by the Commissioner of
Labor for the applicable trade or occupation in the locality.
(b) Any portion or all of the
supplement obligations of a contractor or subcontractor may be satisfied by
paying to the laborers, workers and mechanics affected in cash with the regular
weekly wages, the cost of such supplement(s) as contained in the current
annually determined prevailing wage rate schedule.
(c)
(1) An
employer must furnish to the Commissioner of Labor, upon request, within 10
days, proof of any supplements provided or amounts paid to or on behalf of its
employees in satisfaction of its obligation to provide prevailing
supplements.
(2) If an employer
provides any supplement which is part of a fund, plan or program as set forth
in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, it must furnish to the Commissioner of
Labor, upon request, within 10 days, proof that the supplement is provided
through a fund, plan or program and the amount contributed on the employees'
behalf to such fund, plan or program.
(3) The failure of an employer to provide the
Commissioner of Labor with proof of any prevailing supplements paid or provided
to or on behalf of its employees shall result in an investigatory finding that
supplements were not paid or provided in violation of the second unnumbered
paragraph of subdivision 3 of section
220 of the Labor Law.
(d) To determine the hourly cash equivalent
of any applicable supplement provided to or on behalf of laborers, workers and
mechanics employed upon public work projects in accordance with subdivision (a)
of this section, the Commissioner of Labor will:
(1) divide the actual contribution or cost
for providing such supplement by the total annual hours worked on both public
and private work, where such proof is provided to the Commissioner of Labor by
the employer;
(2) divide the actual
annual contribution or cost for providing such supplement by 2080 hours (8
hours per day x 5 days per week x 52 weeks), where proof of the total annual
hours worked by the employee on both public and private work is not provided to
the Commissioner of Labor by the employer;
(3) divide the actual annual contribution or
cost for providing such supplement by 1820 hours (7 hours per day x 5 days per
week x 52 weeks), where proof of the total annual hours worked by the employee
on both public and private work is not provided to the Commissioner of Labor by
the employer but proof is provided establishing that the employee worked only 7
hours per day (excluding meal periods).