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STATEMENTS AND PAYROLLS
<br />(Applicable to all Federal-aid construction centracts exceeding $2,000 and to all related sut~contrass, except for projects located on
<br />roadways classified as local roads or Waal collectors, which ace exempt.)
<br />Compliance with Copeland Regulations (29 CFR 3):
<br />The wrnractor shall cemply with the Copeland Regulations of the Secretary of Labor which are herein incorporated by reference.
<br />Payrolls and PayroD Records:
<br />a. Payrolls and basic records relating thereto shall be maintained by the contractor and each subcontractor during the course ofthe
<br />work and preserved for a period of 3 years from the date of completion of the contract for all laborers, mechanics, apprentices,
<br />trainees, watchmen, helpers, and guards working at the site of the work.
<br />b. The payroll records shall contain the name, social security number, and address of each such employee; his or her correct
<br />classification; hourly rates of wages paid (including rates of contributions or costs anticipated for bona fide fringe benefits or
<br />cash equivalent thereof the types described in Section ] (b)(2)(B) of fire Davis Bacon Act); daily and weekly number of hours
<br />worked; deductions made; and actual wages paid. In addition, for Appalachian contracts, the payroll records shall conain a
<br />notation indicating whether the employee does, or does not, normally reside in the labor area as defined in Attachment A,
<br />paragraph 1. Whenever the Serretruy of Labor, pursuant to Section IV, paragraph 3b, has found that the wages of any laborer
<br />or medcanic include the amount of a~ costs reasonably anticipated in providing benefits under a plan or program described in
<br />Section 1(b)(2xB) of the Davis Bacon Act, the contractor and each subcontractor stroll maintain records which show that the
<br />commitment to provide such benefits is enforceable, that the plan or program is financially responsible, that the plan or
<br />Pr'°gram has bees communicated in writing to the laborers or mechanics affected, and show the cost anticipated or the acmai
<br />cost incurred in providing benefits. Contractors or subcontractors employing apprentices or trainces under approved programs
<br />shall maintain written evidence of the registration of apprentices and trainees, and ratios and wage rates prescribed in the
<br />applicable programs.
<br />.. Each contractor and subcentractor shall famish, each week in which a~ contract work is performed, to the SIIA resident
<br />engineer a payroll of wages paid each of its employees (including apprentices, trainees, and helpers, described in Section IV,
<br />paragraphs 4 and 5, and watchmen and guazds engaged on work during the preceding weekly payroll period). The payroll
<br />submitted shall set out accurately and completely all of the information required to be maintained under paragaph 2b of this
<br />Section V. This information may be submitted is a~ form desired. Optional Form WH-347 is available for this purpose and
<br />may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents (Federal stock number 029-005-0014-1), U.S. Government Printing
<br />OOSce, Washington, D.C. 20402. The prime contractor is responsible for the sutunission of copies of payrolls by all
<br />subcontractors.
<br />L Each payroll submitted shall be accompanied try a "Statement of Compliance," signed by the contractor or subcontractor or
<br />his/her agent who pays or supervises the payment of the persons employed under the contract and shall certify the following:
<br />1. that the payroll for the payroll period contains the information required to be maintained under paragraph 2b of this
<br />Section V and that such information is coned and complete;
<br />2. that such laborer or mechanic (including each helper, apprentice, and trainee) employed on the contrail during the payroll
<br />period has been paid the full weekly wages earned, without rebate, either dvedly or indirectly, and that no deductions
<br />have been made either directly or indirectly from the full wages earned, other than permissible deductions as set forth in
<br />the Regulations, 29 CFR 3;
<br />3. that each laborer or mechanic teas been paid not less that the applicable wage rate and fringe benefits or cash equivalent
<br />for the classification of worked performed, as specified in the applicable wage determination incorporated into the
<br />conhact
<br />The weekly sulxnissian of a properly executed certif cation sd forth on the reverse side of Optional Form WH-347 shall satisfy
<br />the requirement for submission of Ore "Statement of Compliance" required by paragraph 2d of this Section V.
<br />The falsification of any of the above certifications may subject Ore contractor to civil or criminal prosecution ands 18 U.S.C.
<br />1001 and 31 U.S.C. 231.
<br />. The contractor or subcontractor shall make the records required under paragraph 2b of Otis Section V available for inspection,
<br />copying, or hanscription by authorized representatives of the SHA, the FHWA, or the DOL, and shall permit such
<br />representatives to interview enrplayees during working hours on the job. If the contractor or subcontmsor feels to submit the
<br />required records or to make them available, the SHA, the FIiWA, the DOL, or all may, after written notice to the contractor,
<br />sponsor, applicant, or owner, take such actions as may be necessary to cause the suspension of arty further payment, advance,
<br />or guarantee of fiords. Furthermore, failure to submit the required records upon request or to make such records available may
<br />be grounds for debarment action pursuant to 29 CFR 5.12.
<br />VL RECORD OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND LABOR THIS SECTION DELETED JUNE 4, 2007.
<br />VII. SUBLETTING OR ASSIGNING THE CONTRACT
<br />The contractor shall perform with its own organization contract work amounting to not less than 30 percent (or a greats percentage
<br />if specified elsewhere in Ore contras) of the total origcontras price, excluding any specialty items designated by-the State.
<br />Specialty items may be performed by snbcentmct and th ant of any such specialty items performed may be dedpcted from the
<br />total original central price before computing the amount of work required to be performed by the centractor's own organization (23
<br />CFR 635).
<br />a. "Its own organisation" shall be construed to include only workers employed and paid directly by the prime cecrtractor and
<br />equipment awned or rented by the prime contractor, with or without operators. Such tam does not include employees or
<br />equivalent of a strbcontrasor, assignee, or agent of the prime cenhasor.
<br />b. "Specialty Items" shall be construed to be limited to work that requires highly specialized knowledge, abilities, or equipment
<br />not ordinarily available in the type of contracting organizations qualified and expesed to bid on the contras as a whole and in
<br />general aze to be limited to minor components of the overall contract
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