# Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.02: Apprentices

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_02

## Section

- **Citation:** Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.02
- **Heading:** Apprentices
- **Jurisdiction:** Wisconsin
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Wisconsin Administrative Code / DWD / Chapter DWD 290 / § DWD 290.02

## Text

Apprentices.
(1) Apprentices may work at less than the prevailing wage rate for the work they perform when they are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program administered by the U.S. department of labor, a state agency recognized by the U.S. department of labor, or under Wisconsin’s apprenticeship law, ch. 106 , Stats.
(2) Any employee who is not properly registered as an apprentice under sub. (1) shall be paid not less than the prevailing wage rate applicable to the work actually performed.
(3) Apprentices shall be paid a percentage of the applicable journeyperson’s hourly basic rate of pay and hourly fringe benefit contributions specified in the prevailing wage rate determination issued for a project.
(4) The appropriate percentage shall be obtained from each apprentice’s contract or indenture.

## Nearby sections

- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.01 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_01.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.001 Scope](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_001.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.02 Apprentices](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_02.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.03 Classification of laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_03.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.04 Straight time wages](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_04.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.05 Overtime wages](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_05.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.08 Prevailing wage rate determinations for individual projects](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_08.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.09 Procedure for requesting exemption from applying for individual project prevailing wage rate determinations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_09.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.10 Procedure for an administrative review](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_10.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.11 Procedure when a covered entity fails to request a required prevailing wage rate determination or incorporate a required prevailing wage rate determination into a contract](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_11.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.12 Posting of prevailing wage rates](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_12.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.13 Evidence of compliance by agent and subcontractor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_13.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.14 Evidence of compliance by prime contractor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_14.md)
- [Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.015 Collecting and compiling wage rate information](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_015.md)

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