http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com by Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:31:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/04/14/prevailing-wage-jobs-and-the-compensation-package-2/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/04/14/prevailing-wage-jobs-and-the-compensation-package-2/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:00:05 +0000 JProfitt http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=2044 All prevailing wage projects will come with wage determination schedules that detail the base rate and fringe rates for all craft and trades.

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/01/13/payroll-tip-davis-bacon-wages-holiday-pay/feed/ 0 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/02/the-history-of-prevailing-wage/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/02/the-history-of-prevailing-wage/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:00:57 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=752 Bacon, a former banker, explained the need for the law when he detailed for his legislative colleagues how an out-of-state construction firm paying extremely low wages transported thousands of unskilled workers hundreds of miles to toil on a public project in New York - “They were herded onto this job, they were housed in shacks, they were paid a very low wage, and ...

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/02/the-history-of-prevailing-wage/feed/ 0 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/01/quickbooks-question-tracking-prevailing-wage-fringe-benefits-2/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/01/quickbooks-question-tracking-prevailing-wage-fringe-benefits-2/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:00:31 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=733 We were just awarded a contract with the Department of Defense and have to pay our employees "prevailing wage" and submit certified payroll reports. I called Intuit Support to ask them about prevailing wage, certified payroll, and how to track the fringe benefits; they weren't very helpful - they just told me that QuickBooks can produce the certified payroll report.......can you help me understand all this?

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/01/quickbooks-question-tracking-prevailing-wage-fringe-benefits-2/feed/ 3 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/11/government-funded-construction-projects-quick-facts/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/11/government-funded-construction-projects-quick-facts/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 11:57:40 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=515 Many contractors across the United States are subject to the Davis-Bacon Act – including a growing number of small, medium, and large construction firms as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). ARRA provides billions of dollars in funding for the improvement of the nations’ infrastructure that in turn created [...]

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/11/government-funded-construction-projects-quick-facts/feed/ 5 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/04/28/u-s-department-of-labor-revises-certified-payroll-reporting-requirements-for-form-wh-347/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/04/28/u-s-department-of-labor-revises-certified-payroll-reporting-requirements-for-form-wh-347/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:24:09 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.certifiedpayrollreports.com/?p=167 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 bridges.

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