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registered in a program which has received prior approval, evidenced by formal certification by the <br />U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. The ratio of trainees to <br />journeymen on the job site shall not be greater than permitted under the plan approved by the <br />Employment and Training Administration. Every trainee must be paid at not less than the rate <br />specified in the approved program for the trainee's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of <br />the journeyman hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Trainees shall be paid <br />fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the trainee program. If the trainee program does <br />not mention fringe benefits, trainees shall be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage <br />determination unless the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division determines that there is an <br />apprenticeship program associated with the corresponding journeyman wage rate on the wage <br />determination which provides for less than full fringe benefits for apprentices. Any employee listed on <br />the payroll at a trainee rate who is not registered and participating in a training plan approved by the <br />Employment and Training Administration shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the <br />wage determination for the classification of work actually performed. In addition, any trainee <br />performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be <br />paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually <br />performed. In the event the Employment and Training Administration withdraws approval of a training <br />program, the contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize trainees at less than the applicable <br />predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptable program is approved. <br />(iii) Equal employment opportunity. The utilization of apprentices, trainees and journeymen under this <br />part shall be in conformity with the equal employment opportunity requirements of Executive Order <br />11246, as amended, and 29 CFR part 30. <br />(5) Compliance with Copeland Act requirements. The contractor shall comply with the requirements <br />of 29 CFR part 3, which are incorporated by reference in this contract. <br />(6) Subcontracts. The contractor or subcontractor shall insert in any subcontracts the clauses <br />contained in 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1) through (10) and such other clauses as FEMA may by appropriate <br />instructions require, and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to include these clauses in any <br />lower tier subcontracts. The prime contractor shall be responsible for the compliance by any <br />subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with all the contract clauses in 29 CFR 5.5. <br />(7) Contract termination: debarment. A breach of the contract clauses in 29 CFR 5.5 may be grounds <br />for termination of the contract, and for debarment as a contractor and a subcontractor as provided in <br />29 GFR 5.12. <br />(8) Compliance with Davis -Bacon and Related Act requirements. All rulings and interpretations of the <br />Davis -Bacon and Related Acts contained in 29 CFR parts 1, 3, and 5 are herein incorporated by <br />reference in this contract. <br />(9) Disputes concerning labor standards. Disputes arising out of the labor standards provisions of this <br />contract shall not be subject to the general disputes clause of this contract. Such disputes shall be <br />resolved in accordance with the procedures of the Department of Labor set forth in 29 CFR parts 5, <br />6, and 7. Disputes within the meaning of this clause include disputes between the contractor (or any <br />of its subcontractors) and the contracting agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, or the employees or <br />their representatives. <br />(10) Certification of eligibility. (i) By entering into this contract, the contractor certifies that neither it <br />(nor he or she) nor any person or firm who has an interest in the contractor's firm is a person or firm <br />ineligible to be awarded Government contracts by virtue of section 3(a) of the Davis -Bacon Act or 29 <br />CFR 5.12(a)(1). <br />00530-12 <br />