Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 7-753. Stipulations for minimum wages

(a) The specifications upon which contracts are entered into by any school district for the construction, alteration, or repairs of any public work or improvement may, at the option of the school district, contain the minimum wage or wages which may be paid by the contractor or his sub-contractors for the work performed by laborers and mechanics employed on such public work or improvement, and such laborers and mechanics shall in such cases be paid not less than such minimum wage or wages.

(b) Every contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public work or improvement, founded on specifications containing any such stipulation for minimum wage or wages, shall stipulate a penalty of an amount equal to twice the difference between the minimum wage contained in said specifications and the wage actually paid to each laborer or mechanic for each day during which he has been employed at a wage less than that prescribed in said specifications.

(c) Every officer or person designated as an inspector of, or having supervision over, the work to be performed under any such contract, in order to aid in enforcing the fulfillment thereof, shall, upon observation or investigation, report to the board of school directors which let the contract, all violations of minimum wage stipulations, together with the name of each laborer or mechanic who has been paid a wage less than that prescribed by the specification, and the day or days of such violation.

(d) All such penalties shall be withheld and deducted, for the use of the school district, from any moneys due the contractor by the officer or person whose duty it shall be to authorize the payment of moneys due such contractor, whether the violation of the minimum wage stipulation of the specifications was by the contractor or by any of his sub-contractors: Provided, That if any such contractor or sub-contractor subsequently pays to all laborers and mechanics the balance of the amounts stipulated in such contract, the school district shall pay to the contractor the amount so withheld as penalties.