# Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.03: Classification of laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers > Wisconsin · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_03 ## Section - **Citation:** Wis. Admin. Code DWD § 290.03 - **Heading:** Classification of laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers - **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 290.03 ## Text Classification of laborers, workers, mechanics and truck drivers. (1) Wages paid for work done in any given trade or occupation shall be computed at a wage rate not less than the prevailing wage rate specified in the prevailing wage rate determination issued for a project. The type of work done for the most similar trade or occupation, and not a previously assigned occupational title, shall determine the required minimum prevailing wage rate payable. (2) Under ss. 66.0903 (4) and 103.49 (2m) , 2009 Stats., a laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver who is regularly employed to process, manufacture, pick up or deliver materials or products from a commercial establishment that has a fixed place of business from which the establishment regularly supplies processed or manufactured materials or products is not entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor unless any of the following applies: (a) The laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver is employed to deliver mineral aggregate such as sand, gravel or stone that is immediately incorporated into the work, and not stockpiled or further transported by truck, to or from the site of a project that is subject to this chapter by depositing the material substantially in place, directly or through spreaders from the transporting vehicle. (b) The laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver is employed to transport excavated material or spoil from and return to the site of a project that is subject to this chapter. (2m) Under s. 66.0904 , 2009 Stats., all laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on a publicly funded private construction project site of project, are entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor. e site of a project that is subject to this chapter. (2m) Under s. 66.0904 , 2009 Stats., all laborers, workers, mechanics, and truck drivers employed on a publicly funded private construction project site of project, are entitled to receive the prevailing wage rate or to receive at least 1.5 times his or her hourly basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of the prevailing hours of labor. (3) A laborer, worker, mechanic or truck driver that performs work in more than one occupational classification during a given work week shall be cross-classified and compensated for all work performed in each classification, unless work other than the primary classification is incidental work. Incidental work shall be compensated at the higher primary classification prevailing wage rate. ## 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. 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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) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WI_ADC_DWD_290_03. 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