On Aug. 15, 老牛影视submitted on the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division鈥檚 notice of a proposed revision to the Information Collection Request, titled 鈥淩eport of Construction Contractor鈥檚 Wage Rates.鈥� This ICR governs the WD-10 form used in wage surveys to determine the prevailing wage rate under Davis-Bacon and Related Acts requirements.

Under the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act and related regulations, contractors and subcontractors on federal and federally funded construction contracts must pay at least the locally prevailing wage and benefit rate, as determined by the WHD, to construction workers. To determine these rates, WHD distributes WD-10 forms to construction employers in a given locality. Under current rules, if at least 50% of workers in a classification are paid the same rate, it is designated as the 鈥減revailing wage.鈥� If no wage prevails, an average rate is calculated.

ABC鈥檚 comments听 on the June 15 proposed revisions reiterated the significant flaws in the wage survey process, which the changes to the WD-10 form entirely fail to address. The comments also addressed concerns regarding the length of the survey, bias in the newly preselected listing of job classification toward unionized job descriptions, and inaccuracies in the WHD鈥檚 assessment of the burden of the proposed information collection. 听

The proposed changes come in the context of the WHD鈥檚 , which 老牛影视opposed in extensive comments. 老牛影视will continue to advocate for common-sense reforms to Davis-Bacon regulations and will provide updates in Newsline.