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News headlines about the construction industry.
EEOC Reports & Government Funded Construction Projects – Q & A
An EEOC Report is really nothing more than than a report that includes how many employees you have that work under specific work/trade classifications by race and gender; including any apprentices or on-the-job trainees.
State agencies can require that you submit an EEOC report on a weekly or monthly basis, if the construction project is funded with State money.
If you perform work on Federal-Aid Highway Construction projects, you may be required to submit monthly reports - using either a Federal or State DOT specific form as well as an Annual Report such as Form FWHA-1391 . Federal-Aid Highway Construction Contractors Annual EEO Report.
Continue readingWeekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use 6/15/2012-6/21/2012
Weekly wrap-up of news and information from around the web – there’s so much information out there that it’s difficult (at best) to keep up! I’ve added a WordPress plug-in that grabs information from my Twitter stream to help me (and hopefully you as well) keep up with everything. Look for the Weekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use every Friday. I'll try to be consistent and organize the information into the same categories each week.
See what caught my attention this week in these topics: Accounting & Taxes, eBooks/Webinars/Videos, Payroll/Certified Payroll/Prevailing Wage, QuickBooks, Small Business/Organization/Productivity, Construction, and Social Media/Marketing/Website Design.
Continue readingWorker’s Comp Increases 45% in California, Beginning 7/1/2012
Worker’s Comp and payroll taxes take a huge bite out of a contractors profit when working on Public Works construction projects – especially if the contractor is paying the full fringe benefit rate of the prevailing wage to the employee in cash and not to the Union Hall or into bona-fide plans.
Public Works Construction and Prevailing Wage projects require advanced financial planning methods and tools along with an understanding of the ever-changing compliance requirements — so that you can reduce your overhead and get paid on time.
Continue readingConstruction Payroll, Should I Do It In-house or Outsource It?
Weekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use 4/20-4/26/2012
ASA Seminar Payroll & Tax Strategies for Public Works Contractors
Federal Contractors EEO-1 Filing Due But VETS-100 and 100A Delayed
FREE Webinar on New 3% Contractor Withholding Requirements
The Benefits of Paying Prevailing Wage Fringes to a Bona-fide Plan
The benefits of paying the Prevailing Wage Fringe Benefit portion to bona-fide plan is often misunderstood by employers and employees alike.
Prevailing wage jobs, those jobs that are subject to the Davis-Bacon Act and/or State Prevailing Wage Laws, require that… Continue reading
Top 10 Tuesday QuickBooks Tips from Around the Web-5/10/2011
Construction Projects in the News
SBA to begin contracting program for women
New Hampshire Considers In-State Bidding Preference
News to share from Mike Purdy’s Public Contracting Blog.
A task force of the New Hampshire legislature is examining whether the state should adopt bidding preferences for New Hampshire firms competing against out-of-state firms on state contracts. The task… Continue reading
New FHWA-1391 & 1392 Annual EEO Forms For Highway Contractors
Texas Department of Transportation Requires Electronic Certified Payrolls (E-Payrolls)
The Texas Department of Transportation, like many other state agencies, is requiring electronic submission of certified payroll reports, through its Electronic Project Records System (EPRS).
TxDOT EPRS provides contractors with multiple functions which they can utilize; however, one of the… Continue reading
Nancy Smyth, Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc.QuickBooks Construction & Payroll Expert
I've been using and supporting QuickBooks products since the early 1990's. I've worked with thousands of contractors, assisting them with QuickBooks setup, Certified Payroll Reporting requirements, AIA Billing and Weighted-Average Overtime.
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