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/2011/02/21/house-effort-to-restrict-labor-wage-law-fails/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/02/21/house-effort-to-restrict-labor-wage-law-fails/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:47:25 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=1729 The House early Saturday turned back an effort to suspend a Depression-era law, the Davis Bacon Act, that requires federal contractors to pay locally prevailing wage rates.

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/02/21/house-effort-to-restrict-labor-wage-law-fails/feed/ 2 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/23/frequently-asked-questions-california-prevailing-wage/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/23/frequently-asked-questions-california-prevailing-wage/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:00:08 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=832 California's prevailing wage laws and certified payroll reporting requirements can be mandated by any of the following agencies or organizations, each with their own unique set of reporting requirements. The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the filing of Form A-1-131, Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) and the filing of a modified WH-347 form, the U.S. Department of Labor and the filing of a standard WH-347 Form, Electronic filing requirements through the use of LCPtracker, TRS Consultants, and/or Elation Systems, Inc. D-BAS Labor Compliance Software, Additional "paper filing requirements" by Labor Compliance Organizations, such as, Golden State Labor Compliance, LLC or CalLCP.

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/22/california-dir-%e2%80%93-new-prevailing-wage-compliance-requirements-for-contractors/feed/ 6 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/2009/06/19/what-happens-when-a-contractor-fails-to-pay-prevailing-wages-and-submit-certified-payroll-reports/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/06/19/what-happens-when-a-contractor-fails-to-pay-prevailing-wages-and-submit-certified-payroll-reports/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:28:41 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.certifiedpayrollreports.com/?p=193 When a contractor works on Federal and/or state funded construction projects and fails to pay the appropriate "prevailing wages" or overtime to their employees and/or fails to submit the required "certified payroll reports" to the appropriate agencies ---- well it's pretty serious business.

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