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CONSTRUCTIONLABORSTANDARDS建设和劳动标准英文版
CONSTRUCTION&LABORSTANDARDS
ChapterOutline
StatutoryandRegulatoryProvisions
UnitThreshold
TheLaborLaws
LaborStandardsProceduresOverview
SecureWageDecision
FederalProvisionsforBidPackage
AttorneyReview
VerificationofWageDecision
BidAmendments
VerifyingContractor
ContractAwardProcedures
MeetwithContractor
AdditionalWageDecisionClassifications
WageRateExceptions
NoticetoProceed
PayrollVerification
PayrollVerificationSubmittedtoDED
On-SiteVisit/Interviews
ConstructionManagement
PaymentProcedures
ChangeOrders
AcceptanceofWork
Attachments1-12
StatutoryandRegulatoryProvisions
Federal(Davis-Bacon)wagerequirementsaremadeapplicabletotheHOMEprogrambySection286oftheNationalAffordableHousingActof1990whichprovides,inpartasfollows:
Anycontractfortheconstructionofaffordablehousingwith12ormoreunitsassistedwithfundsmadeavailableunderthissubtitleshallcontainaprovisionrequiringthatnotlessthanwagesprevailinginthelocality,asdeterminedbytheSecretaryofLaborpursuanttotheDavis-BaconAct…,shallbepaidtoalllaborersandmechanicsemployedinthedevelopmentofaffordablehousinginvolved,…
HUDregulations(24CFR92.354)paraphrasethestatutoryprovisionandclarifythatthecontractforconstructionmustcontainthesewageprovisionsifHOMEfundsareusedforanyprojectcosts,includingconstructionornon-constructioncosts,forhousingwith12ormoreHOME-assistedunits.
Theregulationsfurtherexplainthataconstructioncontractthatincludesatotalof12ormoreHOME-assistedunitsiscoveredbyDavis-BaconrequirementsevenifthecontractcoversmorethanoneHOME“project”andprohibitsarrangingmultipleconstructioncontractswithinasingleprojectforthepurposeofavoidingDavis-Baconcoverage.Oncetriggered,thewageprovisionsapplytotheconstructionoftheentireproject–HOME-assistedandnon-assistedportions,alike.
UnitThreshold
TheDavis-Bacon“trigger”relatestothenumberofHOME-assistedunitscontainedinaconstructioncontract.Itisimportanttorecognizethatthetwofactorsare:
ThenumberofHOMEunits–theremaybeunitsthatarenotHOME-assistedinthecontract
Thescopeoftheconstructioncontract–notthe“project.”
TheLaborLaws
Everyconstruction(rehabilitationornew)contractwith12ormoreHOME-assistedunitsisrequiredtocomplywiththefollowingfederallaborstandards(notethatconstructionprojectswithlessthat12HOME-assistedunitsarestillsubjecttotheFairLaborStandardsAct:
Davis-BaconAct(40U.S.C.276(A)-(A)-5)
EnsuresthatmechanicsandlaborersemployedinconstructionworkunderFederallyassistedcontractsarepaidwagesandfringebenefitsequaltothosethatprevailinthelocalitywheretheworkisperformed.
ContractWorkHoursandSafetyStandardsAct(40U.S.C.327-333)
ProvidesthatmechanicsandlaborersemployedonFederallyassistedconstructionjobsarepaidtimeandone-halfforworkinexcessof40hoursperweek,andprovidesforliquidateddamageswhereviolationsoccur.Thisactalsoaddressessafeandhealthyworkingconditions.
CopelandAct(Anti-KickbackAct)(40U.S.C.276c)
TheCopelandActmakesitacriminaloffenseforanypersontoinduce,byanymannerwhatsoever,anypersonemployedintheconstruction,prosecution,completion,orrepairofanypublicbuilding,publicwork,orbuildingorworkfinancedinwholeorinpartbyloansorgrantsfromtheUnitedStates,togiveupanypartofthecompensationtowhichheisentitledunderhiscontractofemployment.
FairLaborStandardsActof1938,asAmended,(29U.S.C.102,et.seq.)
ThisActprovidesforminimumwagesforconstructionworkers,overtimepay(forty-hourweek),recordkeepingandchildlaborstandards.
LaborStandardsProceduresOverview
Granteesmustdevelopacomplianceandenforcementprogramthatensuresallapplicablelaborstandardsrequirementsaremet.Inmanyinstancesthegrantee,thegrantadministrator,andtheengineermayworktogethertoensurecompliancewithDavis-BaconandRelatedActs.
Thegranteemustdesignatesomeoneasthelaborstandardscomplianceofficerwiththeoverallresponsibilitytocoordinateandensurecompliancewithallappropriatelaborstandardsregulationsandmaintenanceofanaccuratefilingsystem.Thefinalresponsibilityforcompliancerestswiththegrantee.
Thegranteemustsecureapplicablewageratedecisions,includeallapplicablewagerateandlaborstandardsprovisionsinthebidspecificationsandcontractdocuments,andmonitorcontractorcompliance.MajoractivitiesaresummarizedinTasks3through6inthemosttypicalsequenceofoccurrence.
Toproperlyorganizeconstructionandlaborstandardsdocuments,thegranteeshouldestablishafilingsystemthatcontainsthefollowing(asthey