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Reporting Requirements for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009

By Nancy Smyth, on April 29th, 2009.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides the State Departments of Transportation and Federal Lands Agencies with $27.5 billion for highway infrastructure investment.

With this money there also comes an increased level of reporting, which we will be adding to Certified Payroll Solution to better and more fully serve the needs of our customers who may be working on these types of construction [Read the full article...]

White House Delays rule requiring electronic verification

By Nancy Smyth, on April 28th, 2009.

The White House has postponed until June 30 the deadline for compliance with the E-Verify rule that will apply to government contractors and subcontractors. The decision gives the Obama administration more time to review the rule, which would require government contractors and subs to use an electronic system to check whether their employees are eligible to work in the U.S. The system has been modified to increase the accuracy of employment verification, according to testimony of the acting deputy director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations [Read the full article...]

U. S. Department of Labor Revises Certified Payroll Reporting Requirements for Form WH-347

By Nancy Smyth, on April 28th, 2009.

The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 established into law the requirement for paying “prevailing wages”; a specific rate of pay plus fringe benefits for each trade/work classification that has been set by the Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division, on federal or federally-assisted construction projects exceeding a value of $2,000.00. Construction includes the alteration and/or repair, including painting, decorating, plumbing, electrical, etc., of public buildings or public works – including roads and [Read the full article...]

Construction Workers on “stimulus” projects will receive prevailing wages

By Nancy Smyth, on April 6th, 2009.

Hundreds of thousands of construction workers hired to work on economic-stimulus projects will receive prevailing wages under new federal guidelines. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will prepare the guidelines, which will expand the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act and establish a floor for wages paid for the more than 678,000 construction jobs created by [Read the full article...]