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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 1990

Agreement with employer and labor organization. Job reclassification.

Pay rates.

Job classification, determination.

Rates of pay. 40 USC 276a note.

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 "(3) the prevailing rates of pay, if any, for occupations and job classifications of individuals employed by the same employer, except that— "(A) whenever the prime sponsor has entered into an agreement with the employer and the labor organization representing employees engaged in similar work in the same area to pay less than the rates provided in this paragraph, youths may be paid the rates specified in such agreement; (B) whenever an existing job is reclassified or restructured, youths employed in such jobs shall be paid at rates not less than are provided under paragraph (1) or (2), but if a labor organization represents employees engaged in similar work in the same area, such youths shall be paid at rates specified in an agreement entered into by the appropriate prime sponsor, the employer, and the labor organization with respect to such reclassified or restructured jobs, and if no agreement is reached within thirty days after the initiation of the agreement procedure referred to in this clause the labor organization, prime sponsor, or employer may petition the Secretary, who shall establish appropriate wages for the reclassified or restructured positions, taking into account wages paid by the same employer to persons engaged in similar work; "(C) whenever a new or different job classification or occupation is established and there is no dispute with respect to such new or different job classification or occupation, youths to be employed in such jobs shall be paid at rates not less than are provided in paragraph (1) or (2), but if there is a dispute with respect to such new or different job classification or occupation, the Secretary, shall within 30 days after receipt of the notice of protest by the labor organization representing employees engaged in similar work in the same area, make a determination whether such job is a new or different job classification or occupation; and "(D) in the case of projects to which the provision of the Davis-Bacon Act (or any Federal law containing labor standards in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act) otherwise apply, the Secretary is authorized, for projects financed under subparts 2 and 3 under $5,000, to prescribe rates of pay for youth participants which are not less than the applicable minimum wage but not more than the wage rate of the entering apprentice in the most nearly comparable apprenticeable trade, and to prescribe the appropriate ratio of journeymen to such participating youths. ii

Financial assistance.

29 USC 918.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

"SEC. 443. (a) The Secretary shall provide financial assistance under this part only if he determines that the activities to be assisted meet the requirements of this section. " (b) The Secretary shall determine that the activities assisted under this part— "(1) will result in an increase in employment opportunities over those opportunities which would otherwise be available; "(2) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers (including partial displacement such as reduction in the hours of nonovertime work or wages or employment benefits);