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Should Contractors Be Required to Cover Employee Lodging?
Davis-Bacon Contractors May Be Required to Cover Actual Employee Lodging Costs
In June of 2015 ARB announced a rule that is an important development for contractors working on Davis-Bacon projects: when contractors use employees who must travel away from their homes and live near the job site, the Davis-Bacon Act requires that contractor pay for their housing. At least that is the case when the employees’ traveling to, and living near, the job site is for the benefit of the employer/contractor. Read More “Should Contractors Be Required to Cover Employee Lodging?”
Davis Bacon Act Questions About Compliance
Service Contract Act and Davis Bacon Act Questions About Compliance: Hourly Wages Edition
Need to clarify hourly wages concerns? Then check out the following questions and their answers:
- What are the requirements to pay out vacation to an employee after one year?
As stipulated by the wage determination, vacation, for a covered-employee vests on the employee’s anniversary date and is due to the employee (used by the employee with any unused balanced paid out) no later than the following anniversary date. Read More “Davis Bacon Act Questions About Compliance”
The Davis Bacon and Related Acts
The Davis-Bacon Act is generally known as the law requiring contractors and subcontractors working on federally funded projects valued at more than $2,000 to pay workers the prevailing wage for work done. Read More “The Davis Bacon and Related Acts”
Certified Payroll – Davis Bacon, Inc
Each week, every federal contractor or subcontractor has to provide the federal agency with a copy of all payrolls for any work done on federal or federally-aided construction type contracts and subcontracts. The payroll shows all money dispersed to each worker, whether as basic rates or as cash in lieu of fringe benefits. This certified payroll is a way to prove compliance and that the contractor is paying workers as they should be. The payroll must include a list of all workers on the project, including work classifications, hours worked, wage rates, benefits, overtime compensation, total wages paid, and information related to payroll deductions. Read More “Certified Payroll – Davis Bacon, Inc”
Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws? It would Cost States More Money
Not long ago, Wisconsin proposed repealing its prevailing wage law, hoping to save money. Actually, however, this measure will cost the state nearly 9,000 jobs, $1.2 billion in revenue, $77 million in tax revenue, and will export around $500 million in construction investments out of state according to a study done by Smart Cities Prevail and Colorado State University. This study’s data shows that repealing the prevailing wage law will have no effect on the cost of these projects. Read More “Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws? It would Cost States More Money”
Are Truck Drivers Covered Under the Davis Bacon Related Acts?
Are you wondering about when truck drivers are or are not covered by the Davis Bacon Related Acts (DBRA)? If so, read on for precise circumstances when the DBRA covers truck drivers and when the DBRA does not. Read More “Are Truck Drivers Covered Under the Davis Bacon Related Acts?”
View Your Construction Business Like an Auditor
Don’t let an auditor come along and “deconstruct” your construction business! Take a moment to look at your business through the eyes of an auditor and save yourself some heartache. The purpose of an auditor is to really delve into tax returns and make sure the government gets every dollar of individual and business revenue it’s due. Read More “View Your Construction Business Like an Auditor”
Davis Bacon Labor Standards
When Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds finance any construction work whether in part or in entirety, that construction work is subject to Davis Bacon Labor Standards and the Related Acts. Simply put, the Davis Bacon Act necessitates that all workers and mechanics laboring on construction projects by the Federal government must be paid the “prevailing wages” for the classification of each job. Davis Bacon requirements dictate all demolition and rehabilitation projects on public buildings or public works including those that altar (including decorateing) or repair them. Read More “Davis Bacon Labor Standards”
Davis Bacon Wage Rates
What is Wage Determination?
It is the listing of wage rates and fringe benefit rates for each classification of mechanics and laborers for which the Department of Labor has determined to be prevailing in a given area for a certain kind of construction.
The Davis Bacon Act says that all Federal Government construction contracts and the contracts for federally assisted construction over $2000 have to contain the appropriate and correct Davis-Bacon Wage determination. Read More “Davis Bacon Wage Rates”