Dat Bacay Act Conpli
The Davis-Bacon Act requires that all Contractors and subcontractors performing on federal contracts (and
Contractors or subcontractors performing on federally assisted contracts under the related Acts) in excess of
$2,000 pay their laborers and mechanics not less than the prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits listed in the
contract’s Davis-Bacon wage determination for corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on
similar projects in the area. In accordance with the statute, Contractors must be required to pay wages to
laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the prevailing wages specified in a wage determination made by
the Secretary of Labor. In addition, Contractors must be required to pay wages not less than once a week. See
Exhibit A for Prevailing Wage Rates for this contract award.
Apprentices may be employed at less than predetermined rates if they are in an apprenticeship program
registered with the Department of Labor or with a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the
Department. Trainees may be employed at less than predetermined rates if they are in a training program
certified by the Department.
The Copeland Anti-Kickback Act precludes a Contractor or subcontractor from inducing an employee, in any
way, to give up any part of the compensation to which he or she is entitled under his or her contract of
employment. The Act and implementing regulations require a Contractor and subcontractor to submit a weekly
statement of the wages paid to each employee performing on covered work during the preceding payroll
period. The regulations also list payroll deductions that are permissible without the approval of the Secretary of
Labor and those deductions that require consent of the Secretary of Labor.
Copeland Anti- Kickback Act Compli
During the performance of this contract, the Contractor agrees to cu aply_with the Copeland “Anti-
Kickback” Act as follows:
(1) Contractor. The Contractor shall comply with 18 U.S.C. § 87.40 U.S.C. § 3145, and the requirements
of 29 C.F.R. part 3 as may be applicable, which are incorpc:~4 by reverence into this contract.
(2) Subcontracts. The Contractor or subcontracts, hall insert in any subcontracts the clause above and such
other clauses as the FEMA may by approp.’ate ‘instructions require, and also a clause requiring the
subcontractors to include these clauses in.any.wer ter subcontracts. The prime Contractor shall be
responsible for the compliance by any cubcon. acto, or lower tier subcontractor with all of these contract
clauses.
(3) Breach. A breach of the contract clauses above may be grounds for termination of the contract and for
debarment as a Contractor and subcontractor as provided in 29 C.F.R. § 5.12.
ntract Work rs an fe tanda ian
During the performance of this contract, the Contractor agrees to comply with Contract Work Hours and
Safety Standards Act as follows:
(1) Overtime requirements. No Contractor or subcontractor contracting for any part of the contract work
which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or permit any such
laborer or mechanic in any workweek in which he or she is employed on such work to work in excess of
forty hours in such workweek unless such laborer or mechanic receives compensation at a rate not less than
one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty hours in such workweek.
(2) Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages. In the event of any violation of the clause set
forth in paragraph (1) of this section the Contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor shall be liable
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