WORKING CONDITIONS AND PREVAILING WAGES Clause Samples

The 'Working Conditions and Prevailing Wages' clause establishes requirements for employers to provide safe, fair, and lawful working environments while ensuring that employees are compensated at or above the prevailing wage rates for their roles. This clause typically applies to government contracts or projects funded by public money, mandating that contractors adhere to local labor laws, safety standards, and wage determinations set by relevant authorities. Its core function is to protect workers from exploitation, promote fair labor standards, and ensure that public projects do not undercut local wage norms or working conditions.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PREVAILING WAGES. A. USE OF SITE/SANITARY RULES 1. All portions of Work shall be maintained at all times in neat, clean and sanitary condition. 2. Toilets shall be furnished by Contractor where needed, for use of Contractor’s and Subcontractors’ employees on Site, and their use shall be strictly enforced. All toilets shall be properly secluded from public observation, and shall be located, constructed, and maintained subject to approval of County. 3. Contractor shall confine construction equipment, the storage of materials and equipment, and the operations of workers to the Site and other land or areas identified in and permitted by the Contract and other land or areas permitted by applicable laws and regulations, rights of way, permits and easements, or as designated by the County, and shall not unreasonably encumber any of the foregoing premises with construction equipment or other materials or equipment. Contractor shall assume full responsibility for any damage to any such land or area, or any improvement located thereon, or to the owner or occupant thereof or of any adjacent areas, resulting from the performance of the Work. 4. During the progress of the Work, Contractor shall keep the Site and foregoing areas free from accumulations of waste materials, rubbish, and other debris resulting from the Work. At the completion of the Work, Contractor shall remove from and about the Site and other areas all waste materials, rubbish and debris, as well as all tools, appliances, construction equipment and machinery and surplus materials. Contractor shall leave the Site clean and ready for occupancy by the County at Substantial Completion of Work. The Contractor shall restore to original and clean condition all structures or property not designated for alteration by Contract. 5. Contractor shall not load nor permit any part of any structure or pavement to be loaded in any manner that will endanger the structure or pavement, nor shall Contractor subject any part of the Work structures or adjacent property to stresses or pressures that will endanger it. Contractor shall conduct all necessary existing conditions investigation regarding structural, mechanical, electrical or any other system existing, shall perform Work consistent with such existing conditions, and shall have full responsibility for insufficiencies or damage resulting from insufficiencies of existing systems, equipment or structures to accommodate performing the Work. B. PROTECTION OF WORK, PERSONS AND PROPERTY 1. Co...
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