On a public works project subject to prevailing wage, a contractor employing journeyman workers in an apprenticeable trade generally must also:
Explanation
Labor Code §1777.5 requires a contractor using workers in an apprenticeable craft on public works to request and employ registered apprentices, in a ratio of no less than one hour of apprentice work for every five hours of journeyman work, and to make apprenticeship training fund contributions. The section stops applying below $30,000, not $100,000. Apprentices are paid the apprentice rate set for their level, not the full journeyman rate. And the statutory ratio is measured in hours worked, not as one apprentice for every three journeymen.
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