The prevailing wage must be paid to all "workers" on public works projects, including partners who are doing the work.

Certified Payroll Records should be sent each week to the Facilities Contracts/Labor Compliance Department, P.O. Box 513307 Los Angeles, CA 90051-1307

When employing workers in any apprenticeable craft or trade, the contractor and subcontractor must apply to the appropriate joint apprenticeship committee for certification to employ and train apprentices in the affected industry. Contractors not signatory to a trust agreement shall contribute a training fee to the California Apprenticeship Council for each hour worked on the project. Awards of less than thirty thousand dollars are exempt from this provision.

The contractor shall, as a penalty to the state or political subdivision on whose behalf the contract is made or awarded, forfeit not more than two hundred dollars ($200) for each calendar day, or portion thereof, for each worker paid less than the prevailing wage rate for the work or craft in which the worker is employed.