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IV. Davis-Bacon Wage Surveys
How are Davis-Bacon wage surveys conducted?
Section
1.3 of 29 CFR Part 1 prescribes that the Wage and Hour Administrator
"…conduct a continuing program for the obtaining and compiling
of wage rate information"… and "… encourage the voluntary
submission of wage data by contractors, contractor associations, labor organizations,
public officials and other interested parties, reflecting wage rates paid
laborers and mechanics on various types of construction in the area."
Wage rates are issued for each classification of laborer
and mechanic that will likely be employed in Federally funded or assisted
construction in a certain type of construction dependent upon wage data
submissions. Information on wages being paid, therefore, must be collected
and tabulated on the basis of distinct job classification and construction
categories. Data requested includes the contractor’s name and
address, project description and location, value of project, starting and
completion dates, the peak number of workers employed in each classification
(i.e. carpenters, drywall hangers, electricians, laborers, etc.), and the
wage rates including bona fide fringes,
paid each worker.
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