On most public works projects, contractors are required to:
Explanation
Labor Code §1777.5 requires the contractor to give the approved apprenticeship committee notice of the award on a DAS-140 under 8 CCR §230, request dispatch, and employ apprentices at the required ratio. Union membership is irrelevant; the programme, not the union, dispatches. Apprentices are paid the apprentice rate in the determination for their period of training, never double the journeyman rate. No residency rule exists: the rate is set by county, but the workers need not live there.
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