Overview Electronic Reporting Systems Electronic reporting systems offer enormous benefits that accrue to employers (contractors and subcontractors), prime contractors and agencies. This paper focuses on payroll and related reporting associated with construction work covered by the Davis-Bacon Act or its Related Acts. However, these benefits likewise accrue to parties involved in construction work subject to […]
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USACE Encouraged to Use Electronic Software
A recent Procurement Instruction Letter (PIL) sent to all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) organizations, encouraged the use of an electronic, commercially available system to process and submit Davis-Bacon certified payrolls to the government. The Davis-Bacon Act requires contractors performing on federally funded and federally assisted construction contracts to submit weekly payroll statements to the Contracting Officer. […]
California Prevailing Wage Law: Wages Established by Craft
All prevailing wage rates in California are established by craft classification (i.e. Laborer, Carpenter, Plumber, etc.). Workers are paid based on the type of work they perform, not necessarily by the classification into which they were originally hired. For union signatory contractors, this is generally easier as union contracts also restrict the type of work a specific worker […]
City of Pasadena Local Hire Report
The City of Pasadena implemented a strong local hire program for the Rose Bowl Renovation and Tenant Improvement Project beginning this year. This project was estimated to generate between 75 and 100 jobs for Pasadena residents. In the first 18 months of the Project, there have been 161 residents hired by contractors. Of those hired, 14.3% of residents […]
Federal Davis-Bacon Requirements: Withholding and Debarment
A prime contractor is ALWAYS the guarantor of prevailing wages due to a worker on a project. That means if your subcontractor goes out of business, leaves the country or just flat does not pay his/her workers the correct prevailing wage rate, the prime contractor will be responsible to see that those wages are paid. Whether or […]
Federal Davis-Bacon Requirements: Apprentices
A contractor may employ apprentices and pay the applicable apprenticeship rate only for those individuals who are properly enrolled in a Bureau of Apprenticeship Training (BAT) program. The BAT may have agreements with various state apprenticeship agencies so that many (but not all) apprenticeship programs have both BAT and local state approval. Only those workers […]