Specifications - City of Montpelier, Vermont

DEEE0003071/003apprenticeship program. If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringebenefits, apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on thewage determination for the applicable classification. If the Administratordetermines that a different practice prevails for the applicable apprenticeclassification, fringes shall be paid in accordance with that determination. In theevent the Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, or aState Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Office, withdraws approval of anapprenticeship program, the Contractor will no longer be permitted to utilizeapprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performeduntil an acceptable program is approved.(ii) Trainees. Except as provided in 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not be permitted towork at less than the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they areemployed pursuant to and individually registered in a program which has receivedprior approval, evidenced by formal certification by the U.S. Department ofLabor, Employment and Training Administration. The ratio of trainees tojourneymen on the job site shall not be greater than permitted under the planapproved by the Employment and Training Administration. Every trainee must bepaid at not less than the rate specified in the approved program for the trainee'slevel of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman hourly ratespecified in the applicable wage determination. Trainees shall be paid fringebenefits in accordance with the provisions of the trainee program. If the traineeprogram does not mention fringe benefits, trainees shall be paid the full amount offringe benefits listed on the wage determination unless the Administrator of theWage and Hour Division determines that there is an apprenticeship programassociated with the corresponding journeyman wage rate on the wagedetermination which provides for less than full fringe benefits for apprentices.Any employee listed on the payroll at a trainee rate who is not registered andparticipating in a training plan approved by the Employment and TrainingAdministration shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wagedetermination for the classification of work actually performed. In addition, anytrainee performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under theregistered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on thewage determination for the work actually performed. In the event theEmployment and Training Administration withdraws approval of a trainingprogram, the Contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize trainees at less thanthe applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptableprogram is approved.(iii) Equal employment opportunity. The utilization of apprentices, trainees, andjourneymen under this part shall be in conformity with the equal employmentopportunity requirements of Executive Order 11246, as amended and 29 CFR part30.(5) Compliance with Copeland Act requirements. The Contractor shall comply with therequirements of 29 CFR part 3, which are incorporated by reference in this Contract.30