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Bill would require prevailing‑wage floor for skilled journeypersons at high‑hazard facilities, proponents say
Summary
HB 1173 would require that skilled journeypersons at petroleum refineries and petrochemical manufacturing facilities be paid at least the prevailing wage in the applicable occupation and area rather than a 75th‑percentile OEWS figure.
House Bill 1173, which the Labor & Workplace Standards Committee heard, would require skilled journeypersons working under contracts at petroleum refineries and petrochemical manufacturing facilities—so‑called high‑hazard facilities—to be paid at least a rate consistent with the prevailing wage in the applicable occupation and geographic area rather than the 75th percentile from federal OEWS statistics, officials said in staff briefing.
Trade and labor witnesses told the committee the change is primarily technical and intended to resolve apprenticeship‑pay and…
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