Question Do Nevada prevailing wage laws allow an owner-operator with no employees to submit non-performance reports in place of certified payroll reports? If not, what authority requires submission? Answer: Thank you for your question. Nevada law recognizes certain distinctions for owners who perform work personally and have no employees. However, contractors working on Nevada prevailing […]

Question Does an apprentice who has graduated from an accredited apprenticeship program qualify as a journeyman under Davis-Bacon requirements, both for wage determination purposes and apprentice-to-journeyman ratios? Answer: Great question! The short answer is yes. However, the long answer would be that once an employee has graduated from a registered apprentice program, that employee is no […]

Question If a contractor fails to pay overtime under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, does the penalty increase with additional overtime hours, or is it applied as a fixed amount for each violation? Answer: Under CWHSSA, liquidated damages for overtime violations are applied as a fixed amount per employee for each calendar […]

Question Can you help me understand if travel time to a job site is to be paid at the prevailing wage rate or can it be paid at the employee’s regular rate of pay? Answer: Great question! Typically, travel time under the Davis-Bacon Act depends on whether it is considered compensable “hours worked” and how […]

Question We are a union subcontractor performing asphalt and concrete work and have recently been required to submit certified payroll reports through LCPtracker. We report base wages and fringe benefits using union rates, but prime contractors are requesting paystubs and noting that the base wage shown on certified payroll does not match paystub amounts, which […]

Question Hello! We work in California, and to my understanding, when performing work on a Davis-Bacon project, we’re required to pay the higher applicable wage—often the California prevailing wage rates. Recently, a client told me their project is a “private Davis-Bacon” project and that California DIR wage rates do not apply, meaning we should pay […]

. Please Note: For January’s installment of ‘Ask the Expert’, we’re taking a moment to address a few of the most common software-related questions we’ve been asked. . Question Hi Aliecia, I’ve always wondered why LCPtracker Pro doesn’t automatically calculate certain fields on certified payroll reports…. For example, after I enter the wage rates and […]

. Please Note: For December’s installment of ‘Ask the Expert’, we’re taking a moment to revisit and highlight some of the questions and answers that seemed to resonate the most with our audience over the last year. The highlighted topics below were first published in previous months of 2025. . Question What are the consequences […]

Question When a manufacturer’s representative comes out to perform equipment startup, are they exempt from prevailing wages? Several of these companies are saying they don’t have a prevailing wage coordinator and have never paid prevailing wage before. Answer: I appreciate this question—it’s a great one. And, true to prevailing wage principles, the answer is: it […]