Payroll
Certified Payroll & Davis-Bacon Compliance for Public Works
Federal Davis-Bacon and state prevailing wage laws require certified payroll filings on public projects. Here's the compliance framework.
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What Davis-Bacon Requires
- Davis-Bacon Act (1931): federal law requiring contractors on federally-funded construction over $2,000 to pay prevailing wages.
- Prevailing wage rates set by DOL by trade, by county. Updated periodically.
- Certified payroll required: weekly filing (Form WH-347) for each project, listing all workers, hours, and wages.
- State equivalents: California (Labor Code §1771+), New York, Massachusetts, and others have similar laws, often broader than Davis-Bacon.
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