Congrats! You’ve successfully won the bid as a prime contractor on a Davis-Bacon / prevailing wage project. You’ve been the prime on a few projects in the past so you’re pretty familiar with your responsibilities. You start putting together your subcontracts, diligently reviewing them to make sure you’ve included the required Davis-Bacon information, such as […]
Tag Archives: Labor Compliance
California Court Officially Affirms New Prevailing Wage Law
“For generations, Prevailing Wage policies have offered the best value for taxpayers on locally-funded construction projects and boosted local economies. We hope that the cities who tried to block this law will stop wasting precious taxpayer dollars on frivolous litigation, and instead focus on addressing pressing infrastructure needs and creating Middle Class jobs in their […]
Prevailing Wage Explained
In recent months, there has been much discussion and debate over San Diego’s decision to implement prevailing wage law even though it is a charter city. A charter city is a city that operates with its own “constitution,” or charter. This, in effect, allows the cities to create their own laws and essentially govern itself […]
2013 LCPtracker User Conference Video
The LCPtracker & B2Gnow 2013 User Training Conference was a great success in Chicago, IL. State Agencies, prime contractors, and general contractors participated in training sessions on LCPtracker and B2Gnow software as well as industry updates. LCPtracker’s video with client testimonials and a conference overview is now uploaded to the YouTube channel. View the video here and […]
Prevailing Wage HB34 Overhaul passed Missouri Senate
The Missouri senate has passed legislation that is changing how the minimum wage required for public construction projects is calculated for rural counties. Currently their projects are being calculated based on volunteer surveys collected and submitted by contractors on public work projects. With this bill passing it allows the wage survey to be split between […]
The Staff Corner: April 2013
Benefits of Direct Payroll Interface Written by: Minendra Patel DPI Specialist A Direct Payroll Interface Model is a beneficial tool for uploading employee records with speed and ease. It is an instrument that is custom fit to any given certified payroll, which allows a contractor to upload an unlimited amount of employee records in a matter […]
The Staff Corner: January 2013
LCPtracker will be implementing a new blog series this year, “The Staff Corner.” Each month one staff member will submit an article highlighting relevant industry news or their expertise within the labor compliance industry. Check back each month for new articles! When Change is Good by Carson McDougald Support Technician Certified Payrolls have traditionally been […]
New Labor Compliance Software implemented
Unified Government funded projects greater than $15,000 require that all contractors and subcontractors adhere to the Davis Bacon Act and pay their laborers and mechanics not less than the prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits listed by the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor. Additionally, an increasing number of Economic Development […]
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 […]
LCPtracker Updated Company Timeline
Not everyone may know that LCPtracker Inc was originally founded nearly 20 years ago under “FM International.” Since then there have been some major changes within the company, resulting in LCPtracker emerging as the leading software for the labor compliance industry. Timeline: 2012: LCPtracker releases new module, Daily Reporter, and has clients in 38 states 2011: Growth continues at a […]