Federa! Labor Standards Provisions
Applicability
The Project or Program to which the construction work
covered by this contract pertains is being assisted by the
United States of America and the following Federal Labor
Standards Provisions are included in this Contract
pursuant {io the provisions applicable to such Federal
assistance.
A. 1. {i) Minimum Wages. All laborers and mechanics
employed or working upon the site of the work, will be paid
unconditionally and not less often than once a week, and
without subsequent deduction or rebate on any account
(except such payroll deductions as are permitted by
regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor under the
Copeland Act (29 CFR Part 3), the full amount of wages
and bona fide fringe benefits (or cash equivalents thereof)
due at time of payment computed at rates not less than
those contained in the wage determination of the
Secretary of Labor which is attached hereto and made a
part hereof, regardless of any contractual relationship
which may be alleged to exist between the contractor and
such laborers and mechanics. Contributions made or
costs reasonably anticipated for bona fide fringe benefits
under Section I(b)(2) of the Davis-Bacan Act on behalf of
laborers or mechanics are considered wages paid to such
laborers or mechanics, subject to the provisions of 29 CFR
5.5(a)(1}{iv); aiso, regular contributions made or costs
incurred for more than a weekly period (but not less often
than quarterly) under plans, funds, or programs, which
cover the particular weekly period, are deemed to be
constructively made or incurred during such weekly period.
Such laborers and mechanics shall be paid the appropriate
wage rate and fringe benefits on the wage determination
for the classification of work actually performed, without
regard to skill, except as provided in 29 CFR 5.5(a)(4).
Laborers or mechanics performing work in more than one
classification may be compensated at the rate specified for
each classification for the time actually worked therein:
Provided, That the employer’s payroll records accurately
set forth the time spent in each classification in which
work is performed. The wage determination (including any
additional classification and wage raies conformed under
29 CFR 5.5(a){1)}(ii) and the Davis-Bacon poster (WH-
1321) shall be posted at all times by the contractor and its
subcontractors at the site of the work in a prominent and
accessible, place where it can be easily seen by the
workers.
{ii) (a) Any class of laborers or mechanics which is nat
listed in the wage determination and which is to be
employed under the contract shali be classified in
conformance with the wage determination. HUD shall
approve an additional classification and wage rate and
fringe benefits therefor only when the following criteria
have been met:
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Office of Labor Relations
(1) The work to be performed by the classification
requested is not performed by a classification in the wage
determination; and
{2) The classification is utilized in the area by the
consiruction industry; and
(3) The proposed wage rate, including any bona fide
fringe benefits, bears a reasonable relationship to the
wage rates contained in the wage determination.
(b) If the contractor and the laborers and mechanics to be
employed in the ciassification (if known), or their
representatives, and HUD or its designee agree on the
classification and wage rate (including the amount
designated for fringe benefits where appropriate), a report
of the action taken shall be sent by HUD or its designee ta
the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division,
Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Washington, D.C. 20210. The Administrator, or an
authorized representative, will approve, modify, or
disapprove every additional classification action within 30
days of receipt and so advise HUD or its designee or will
notify HUD or its designee within the 30-day period that
additional time is necessary. (Approved by the Office of
Management and Budget under OMB controt number 1215-
0140.)
(c) In the event the contractor, the faborers ar mechanics
to be employed in the’ ciassification or their
representatives, and HUD or its designee do not agree on
the proposed classification and wage rate (including the
amount designated for fringe benefits, where appropriate),
HUD or its designee shall refer the questions, inctuding
the views of afl interested parties and the recommendation
of HUD or its designee, to the Administrator for
determination. The Administrator, or an authorized
representative, will issue a determination within 30 days of
receipt and so advise HUD or its designee or will notify
HUD or its designee within the 30-day period that
additional time is necessary. (Approved by the Office of
Management and Budget under OMB Control Number
1215-0140.)
{d) The wage rate {inciuding fringe benefits where
appropriate) determined pursuant to subparagraphs
(1)Gii)(b) or (c) of this paragraph, shall be paid to all
workers performing work in the classification under this
contract from the first day on which work is performed in
the classification.
{iit} Whenever the minimum wage rate prescribed in the
contract for a class of laborers or mechanics includes a
fringe benefit which is not expressed as an hourly rate, the
contractor shall either pay the benefit as stated in the
wage determination or shall pay another bona fide fringe
benefit or an hourly cash equivalent thereof.
(iv) lf the contractor does not make payments to a trustee
or other third person, the contractor may consider as part
Previous editions are obsolete
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form HUD-4010 (06/2009)
ref, Handbook 1344.1
