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Frequently Asked Questions - California Prevailing Wage

By Nancy Smyth, on July 23rd, 2010.

California’s prevailing wage laws and certified payroll reporting requirements can be mandated by any of the following agencies or organizations, each with their own unique set of reporting requirements. The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the filing of Form A-1-131, Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) and the filing of a modified WH-347 form, the U.S. Department of Labor and the filing of a standard WH-347 Form, Electronic filing requirements through the use of LCPtracker, TRS Consultants, and/or Elation Systems, Inc. D-BAS Labor Compliance Software, Additional “paper filing requirements” by Labor Compliance Organizations, such as, Golden State Labor Compliance, LLC or [Read the full article...]

California DIR – New Prevailing Wage Compliance Requirements for Contractors

By Nancy Smyth, on July 22nd, 2010.

Beginning August 1, 2010 contractors in California will be required to electronically file certified payroll reports under the DIR Compliance Monitoring Unit (CMU). Certified Payroll Solution, a QuickBooks integrated application, will help meet these [Read the full article...]

The History of Prevailing Wage

By Nancy Smyth, on July 2nd, 2010.

Bacon, a former banker, explained the need for the law when he detailed for his legislative colleagues how an out-of-state construction firm paying extremely low wages transported thousands of unskilled workers hundreds of miles to toil on a public project in New York – “They were herded onto this job, they were housed in shacks, they were paid a very low wage, and [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Question - Tracking Prevailing Wage Fringe Benefits

By Nancy Smyth, on July 1st, 2010.

We were just awarded a contract with the Department of Defense and have to pay our employees “prevailing wage” and submit certified payroll reports. I called Intuit Support to ask them about prevailing wage, certified payroll, and how to track the fringe benefits; they weren’t very helpful – they just told me that QuickBooks can produce the certified payroll report…….can you help me understand all [Read the full article...]

What happens when a contractor fails to pay prevailing wages and submit certified payroll reports?

By Nancy Smyth, on June 19th, 2009.

When a contractor works on Federal and/or state funded construction projects and fails to pay the appropriate “prevailing wages” or overtime to their employees and/or fails to submit the required “certified payroll reports” to the appropriate agencies —- well it’s pretty serious [Read the full article...]