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<br />will notify the contracting officer within the 30 -day period that
<br />additional time is necessary.
<br />(4) The wage rate (including fringe benefits where
<br />appropriate) determined pursuant to paragraphs 1.b.(2) or
<br />1.b.(3) of this section, shall be paid to all workers perfomdng
<br />work in the classification under this contract from the first
<br />day on whli h Work is performed'in the classification.
<br />c, Whenever the minimum wage rate proscribed in the
<br />contract for a class of laborers or mechanics includes a fringe
<br />benefit which Is not expressed as an hourly rase, the contractor
<br />shall either pay the benefit as stated in the wage determination
<br />or shag pay another bona fide fringe benefit or an hardy cash
<br />equivalent thereof.
<br />d. If the contractor does not make payments to a trustee or
<br />other third person, the oontraaW may consider as part of the
<br />wages of any laborer or mechanic the amount of any costs
<br />reasonably anticipated In providing bona We fringe benefits
<br />under a plan or program, Provided, That the Secretary of
<br />Labor has found, upon the written request of the contractor,
<br />that the applicable standards of the Davis -Bacon Act have
<br />been met. The Secretary of Labor may require the contractor
<br />to set aside in a separate account assets forthe meeting of
<br />obligations under the plan or program.
<br />2. Withholding .
<br />The contracting agency shall upon its own action or upon
<br />written request of an authorized representative of the
<br />Department of Labor, withhold or cause to be withhold from
<br />the contractor under this contract, or any other Federal
<br />contract with the some prime contractor, or any other federally -
<br />assisted contract subject to Davis -Bacon prevailing wage
<br />requirements, which Is hold by the same prime contractor, so
<br />much of the accrued payments or advances as may be
<br />considered necessary to pay laborers and mechanics,
<br />'including apprentices, trainees, and helpers, employed by the
<br />contractor or any subcontractor the full amount of wages
<br />required by the contrail. In the evert of failure to pay any
<br />laborer or mechanic, including any apprentice, trainee, or
<br />helper, employed or working on the site of the work, all or part
<br />of the wages required by the contract, the contracting agency
<br />may, after written notice to the contractor, take such action as
<br />may be necessary to cause the suspension of any further
<br />payment, advance, or guarantee of funds until such violations
<br />have ceased.
<br />3. Payrolls and basic records
<br />a. Payrolls and basic records relating theroto shall be
<br />maintained by the contractor during the course of the work and
<br />preserved for a period of three years thereafter for all laborers
<br />and mechanics waling at the site of the work. Such records
<br />shall contain the name, address, and social security number of
<br />each such worker, his or her correct classification, hourly rates
<br />of wages paid' (Including rates of contributions or costs
<br />antidpated fou bona fide fringe benef#s or cash equivalents
<br />thereof of the types described in section 1(b)(2)(0) of the
<br />Davis -Bacon Act), daily and weekly number of hours worked,
<br />deductions made and actual wages paid. Whenever the
<br />Secretary of tabor has found under 29 CFR 5.5(i)(1)(iv) that
<br />the wages of any laborer or mechanic Include the amount of
<br />any costs reasonably anticipated in providing benefits under a
<br />plan or program described in section 1(b)(2)(B) of the Davis -
<br />Bacon Act, the contractor shall maintain records which show
<br />that the commitment to provide such benefits is enforceable,
<br />that the plan of program Is financially responsible, and that the
<br />plan or program has been communicated In writing to the
<br />laborers or mechanics affected, and records which show the
<br />costs anticipated or the actual asst incurred in providing such
<br />benefits. Contractors employing apprentices or trainees under
<br />approved programs shall maintain written evidence of the
<br />registration of apprenticeship programs and certification of
<br />trainee programs, the registration of the apprentices and
<br />trainees, and the ratios and wags rates prescribed in the
<br />applicable programs.
<br />b.(1) The contractor shall submit weekly for each week in
<br />which any contract work is performed a copy of all payrolls to
<br />the contracting agency. The payrolls submitted shall set out
<br />accurately and completely all of the Information required to be
<br />maintained under 29 CFR 6.5(s)(3)(i), except that frill social
<br />security numbers and home addresses shall riot be Included
<br />on weekly transmittals. instead the payrolls shall only need to
<br />inciude an Individually Identifying number for each employee {
<br />e.g. , the last four digits of the employee's social security
<br />number). The required waekty payroll information may be
<br />submitted In any form desired. Optional Form WH --3471s
<br />avallable for this purpose from the Wage and Hour Division
<br />Web site at ttttp://www.doLgavlesaAOtdNomu/wh347]rk*.htm
<br />or its successor site. The prime contractor is responsible for
<br />the submission of hies of payrolls by all subcontractors.
<br />Contractors and suboontractors shall maintain the full social
<br />security number and current address of each covered worker,
<br />and shall provide them upon request to the contracting agency
<br />for transmission to the State DOT, the FHWA or the Wage and
<br />Hour Division of the Department of Labor for purposes of an
<br />Investigation or audit of compliance with prevailing wage
<br />requirements. It is not a violation of this section for a prime
<br />contractor to require a subcontractor kr provide addresses and
<br />social security numbers to the prime contractor for its own
<br />record, without weekly submission to the contracting agency..
<br />(2) Each payroll submitted shall be accompanied by a
<br />'Statement of Compliance," signed by the contractor or
<br />subcontractor or his or her agent who pays or supervises the
<br />payment of the persons employed under the contract and shall
<br />certify the following:
<br />(I) That the payroll for the payroll period contains the
<br />information required to be provided under §5.5 (a)(3)(H) of
<br />Regulations, 29 CFR part 5, the appropriate information Is
<br />being maintained under §5.5 (a)(3)(Q of Regulations, 29
<br />CFR part 5, and that such Information is correct and
<br />complete;
<br />(ti) That each laborer or mechanic pnc luding each
<br />helper, apprentice, and trainee) employed on the contract
<br />during the payroll period has been paid the full weekly
<br />wages eamed, without rebels, either directly or indirectly,
<br />and that no deductions two been made either directly or
<br />indirectly from the full wages earned, other than
<br />permissible deductions as set forth in Regulations, 29 CFR
<br />part 3;
<br />(til) That each laborer or mechanic has been paid not
<br />lass then the applicable wage rates and fringe ban" or
<br />cash equivalents for the classification of work performed,
<br />as specified in the applicable wage determination
<br />incorporated Into the contract.
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