November Labor Compliance News from CCMI

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Deborah Wilder

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WHATS NEW?

Clarification on California DAS-140 Form

Here are some key reminders when completing a California DAS-140 form:

DAS-140 forms are required anytime a public works project equals or exceed $30,000 (prime contract).
DAS-140 must be filed for all apprenticeable trades the contractor will employ on the project. Subcontractors are responsible for their own DAS-140 forms.
You can tell if a trade has an apprenticeship program by looking for a # near the name of the craft.
DAS-140 must be filed within 10 days of contract award, but not later than the first day work is performed on the project.
DAS-140 form must be sent to ALL approved committees for the trade if contractor checks box 2 or 3.
Go to this link to find the correct contact information for apprenticeship committees. You will need to know the county in which the work is being performed and the craft. https://www.dir.ca.gov/databases/das/pwaddrstart.asp
Contractor must complete all boxes. The number of apprenticeship hours needs to be a number of hours or state 1:5.
Dates to be employed either needs specific dates or a date range. TBD is not acceptable.
The ONLY exception to filing a DAS-140 form is if a sole proprietor, who is the only individual working on the project for his/her company, is working on the project. If the company is a partnership or corporation, the form must be filed. If the company is a sole proprietorship and it has other employees on the project, then the DAS-140 form is required.

UPCOMING SEMINARS AND SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES

LCPtracker Academy Online learning for prevailing wage compliance. Deborah Wilder is the speaker for all of the California modules for both Contractors and Agencies and the mixed funded projects. Go to https://lcptracker.com/academy/ to sign up. LCPtracker Ignite Conference for 2020 has been rescheduled to November 2021. See you there.

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FROM THE INBOX....

You asked, we answered!

QUESTION: Why does the City have a Higher Prevailing Wage Threshold than the Water District?

ANSWER: Charter Cities (and only Charter Cities) may choose a prevailing wage threshold of $15,000 for maintenance and repair and $25,000 for new construction. This threshold does not apply to General Law cities and not to any other public entity. For all of those other public entities the threshold for prevailing wages remains at $1,000. So it is possible that your company could perform work for the City on a contract of $20,000 and not pay prevailing wages, but if instead your contract is with the local water agency for the same work, you will be required to pay prevailing wages. The list of Charter Cities eligible for the higher threshold can be found at: https://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/CompliantCharterCities.pdf Please note that not all cities on this list have opted for the higher threshold i.e. San Francisco opted to stay with the $1,000 threshold.

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