A bill that would increase the prevailing wage for contractors making products offsite is unlikely to be heard in the House after the legislature passed the 2024 fiscal year’s budget on Wednesday.
Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 102, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend, D-Newark, would require laborers making products away from a building site to be paid a prevailing wage, just like construction workers on the site. It
The law would apply to people working on plumbing, electrical systems, mechanical insulation work, ornamental iron work and commercial signage.
A prevailing wage is something the Delaware Department of Labor requires companies to pay to people working on construction jobs costing over $500,000. It’s different based on the type of job and which county it’s in.
For example, an asbestos worker in New Castle County would need to be paid $27.88 an hour, $34.33 in Kent County, and $49.97 in Sussex County. It’s unclear why a Sussex worker would be paid so much more.
Edward Capodanno, president of Associated Builders and Contractors of Delaware, said that they’re opposed to prevailing wages in general because he thinks the market should decide what people get paid.
“For us, it’s more of an issue of fair market value and allowing the market to bear what the wages are,” Capodanno said. “We’ve always been opposed to prevailing wages, even for the people installing the work because we believe that the market should bear what people are paid and that...
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