§ 17-215. Full payment required

   (a) In general. -- Each contractor and subcontractor subject to this subtitle shall pay each employee not less than the prevailing wage rate required under this subtitle:

   (1) unconditionally;

   (2) without subsequent rebate; and

   (3) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, without deductions for:

      (i) food;

      (ii) sleeping accommodations;

      (iii) transportation;

      (iv) use of small tools; or

      (v) any other thing of any kind.

(b) Deductions. -- A contractor or subcontractor may make deductions that are:

   (1) required by law;

   (2) required or allowed by a collective bargaining agreement between a bona fide labor organization and the contractor or subcontractor; or

   (3) contained in a written agreement between an employee and an employer undertaken at the beginning of employment, if the agreement:

      (i) concerns food, sleeping accommodations, or other similar items;

      (ii) is submitted by the employer to the public body awarding the public work contract; and

      (iii) is approved by the public body as fair and reasonable.

HISTORY: SF § 12-309; 1988, ch. 48, § 2.