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File #: 920585    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Placed On File
File created: 7/7/1992 In control: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 5/19/2000
Effective date:    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to apprenticeship requirements for construction contracts.
Sponsors: ALD. PRATT
Indexes: AGREEMENTS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, EMPLOYMENT
NUMB:
920585
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 1
REF:

XXBY:
ALD. PRATT
TITL:
A substitute ordinance relating to apprenticeship requirements for construction contracts.
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-Analysis-

This ordinance creates secs. 309-38-l-f and 309-38-2-b of the Code, renumbers sec. 309-38-2-b of the Code to 309- 38-2-c, and amends sec. 309-38-3 of the Code in order to allow contractors who are unable to comply with apprenticeship requirements of a construction contract to substitute unskilled laborers for apprentices, with the permission of the contracting department. ---------------------------------------------------------
BODY:
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 309-38-l-f of the code is hereby created to read:

f. "Unskilled laborer" means any person, l8 years of age or over, who has not worked more than 500 hours in any type of construction prior to starting work on a City contract.

Part 2. Section 309-38-2-b is hereby renumbered to sec. 309-38-2-c.

Part 3. Section 309-38-2-b is hereby created to read:

b. If the contractor is unable to meet the requirements of par. a, above, a request for a wavier must be submitted to the contracting department prior to starting the work. If the contracting department is satisfied that the contractor cannot meet said requirements for reasons beyond the contractor's control, the department will allow unskilled laborers to be substituted for apprentices. Unskilled laborers, including those employed in Bridge, Road, Street and Asphalt Construction, are to be employed in accordance with the maximum ratio of new employees to skilled laborers permitted under Building, Sewer and Water, and Shaft and Tunnel Construction. An unskilled laborer will continue to qualify for two years from the date he or she first participated in a City contract. The contractor shall provide on-the-job training for a...

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