Common use of Wages & Benefits Clause in Contracts

Wages & Benefits. 8.1 All employees covered by this Agreement shall be classified in accordance with work performed and paid by the C/S/E the hourly wage rates for those classifications in compliance with the applicable prevailing wage rate determination established pursuant to applicable law. If a prevailing rate increases under law, the C/S/E shall pay that rate as of its effective date under the law. Notwithstanding Section 2.3, this Agreement does not relieve C/S/Es from any independent contractual or other obligation they may have to pay wages in excess of the prevailing wage rate as required. 8.2 C/S/E shall pay contributions to the established employee benefit funds in the amounts designated by the Unions and make all employee-authorized deductions in the amounts designated by the Unions; provided, however, that the C/S/E and Union agree that only such bona fide employee benefits as accrue to the direct benefit of the employees (such as pension and annuity, health and welfare, vacation, apprenticeship, training funds, etc.) shall be included in this requirement and required to be paid by the C/S/E on the Project; and provided further, however, that such contributions shall not exceed the contribution amounts set forth in the applicable prevailing wage determination. Notwithstanding Section 2.3, C/S/Es directly signatory to one or more of the Schedule A Agreements are required to make all contributions set forth in those Schedule A Agreements without reference to the forgoing. The LACMTA shall not be liable for determining the level of contributions, deductions or payments for benefits and the LACMTA shall not be liable for or required to make contributions, deductions or payments for benefits in excess of or different from those set forth in the prevailing wage determinations. 8.3 Each C/S/E adopts and agrees to be bound by the written terms of the applicable, legally established, trust agreement(s), to the extent said trust agreements are consistent with this Agreement, specifying the detailed basis on which payments are to be made into, and benefits paid out of such trust funds for the C/S/E's employees. Each C/S/E authorizes the parties to such trust funds to appoint trustees and successor trustees to administer the trust funds and hereby ratifies and accepts the trustees so appointed as if made by the Contractor/ Employer. C/S/Es further agree to sign the applicable trust agreement "subscription" agreement(s) if required by the Craft Union on behalf of the Craft employees in order to make the employee contributions to the pension, annuity, health and welfare, vacation, apprenticeship, training trusts, etc.

Wages & Benefits. 8.1 All employees covered by this Agreement shall be classified in accordance with work performed and paid by the C/S/E E/D the hourly wage rates for those classifications in compliance with the applicable prevailing wage rate determination established pursuant to applicable law. If a prevailing rate increases under law, the C/S/E E/D shall pay that rate as of its effective date under the law. Notwithstanding Section 2.3, this Agreement does not relieve C/S/Es E/Ds from any independent contractual or other obligation they may have to pay wages in excess of the prevailing wage rate as required. 8.2 C/S/E E/D shall pay contributions to the established employee benefit funds in the amounts designated by the Unions and make all employee-authorized deductions in the amounts designated by the Unions; provided, however, that the C/S/E E/D and Union agree that only such bona fide employee benefits as accrue to the direct benefit of the employees (such as pension and annuity, health and welfare, vacation, apprenticeship, training funds, etc.) shall be included in this requirement and required to be paid by the C/S/E E/D on the Project; and provided further, however, that such contributions shall not exceed the contribution amounts set forth in the applicable prevailing wage determination. Notwithstanding Section 2.3, C/S/Es E/Ds directly signatory to one or more of the Schedule A Agreements are required to make all contributions set forth in those Schedule A Agreements without reference to the forgoing. The LACMTA shall not be liable for determining the level of contributions, deductions or payments for benefits and the LACMTA shall not be liable for or required to make contributions, deductions or payments for benefits in excess of or different from those set forth in the prevailing wage determinations. 8.3 Each C/S/E E/D adopts and agrees to be bound by the written terms of the applicable, legally established, trust agreement(s), to the extent said trust agreements are consistent with this Agreement, specifying the detailed basis on which payments are to be made into, and benefits paid out of such trust funds for the C/S/E/D's employees. Each C/S/E E/D authorizes the parties to such trust funds to appoint trustees and successor trustees to administer the trust funds and hereby ratifies and accepts the trustees so appointed as if made by the Contractor/ Employer. C/S/Es E/Ds further agree to sign the applicable trust agreement "subscription" agreement(s) if required by the Craft Union on behalf of the Craft employees in order to make the employee contributions to the pension, annuity, health and welfare, vacation, apprenticeship, training trusts, etc.