Davis-Bacon and Related Acts

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The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts are U.S. federal laws that require payment of locally prevailing wages and benefits to laborers and mechanics on certain public works and federally funded construction projects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal labor law ⓘ
wage regulation statute ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Labor ⓘ
Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
appliesTo federal government construction contracts above a monetary threshold ⓘ
federally funded construction projects ⓘ
public works projects ⓘ
appliesToWorkers laborers ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
basisOfWageDetermination surveys of local wages and benefits ⓘ
benefits laborers and mechanics employed on covered projects ⓘ
complianceMonitoredBy federal contracting agencies ⓘ
grant and loan recipient agencies for assisted projects ⓘ
complianceRequirement certified payroll records ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
covers on-site construction, alteration, and repair work ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division ⓘ
establishes minimum wage rates based on local prevailing wages ⓘ
excludes most supply and manufacturing operations off the site of the work ⓘ
historicalContext enacted during the Great Depression era ⓘ
implementedThrough contract clauses in federal and federally assisted construction contracts ⓘ
includes Davis-Bacon Act ⓘ
Related Acts covering federal assistance construction programs ⓘ
legalBasis Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 ⓘ
legalCharacter mandatory labor standard for covered contracts ⓘ
legalForm statutes and implementing regulations ⓘ
nonComplianceConsequence contract termination ⓘ
debarment from future federal contracts ⓘ
withholding of contract payments ⓘ
objective to ensure federal construction does not depress local wage levels ⓘ
policyArea labor standards ⓘ
public procurement ⓘ
purpose to prevent undercutting of local contractors by low-wage competition on federal projects ⓘ
to protect local wage standards on federal and federally assisted construction projects ⓘ
regulates payment of wages to laborers and mechanics ⓘ
relatedTo Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act ⓘ
Copeland Anti-Kickback Act ⓘ
requires classification of workers by trade or occupation for wage purposes ⓘ
contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wage rates ⓘ
overtime pay in conjunction with other applicable statutes on covered projects ⓘ
payment of at least the wage rates listed in applicable wage determinations ⓘ
payment of fringe benefits consistent with prevailing practice ⓘ
payment of locally prevailing wages ⓘ
posting of wage determinations at the job site ⓘ
scope federal and federally assisted construction contracts ⓘ
sector construction industry ⓘ

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Wage and Hour Division → legalAuthority → Davis-Bacon and Related Acts ⓘ
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Davis-Bacon and Related Acts → legalBasis → Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 ⓘ
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Davis-Bacon and Related Acts → includes → Davis-Bacon Act ⓘ
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Davis-Bacon and Related Acts → includes → Related Acts covering federal assistance construction programs ⓘ
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Service Contract Act → relatedTo → Davis–Bacon Act ⓘ
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Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act → relatedTo → Davis-Bacon Act ⓘ
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Assistant Secretary of Labor for Wage and Hour → jurisdiction → Davis-Bacon Act enforcement ⓘ
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Wage Determinations Online → subjectOf → Davis-Bacon Act wage determinations ⓘ
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Wage Determinations Online → supportsComplianceWith → Davis-Bacon Act ⓘ
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WDOL → relatedTo → Davis-Bacon Act ⓘ
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Copeland Anti-Kickback Act → relatedTo → Davis-Bacon Act ⓘ
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Copeland Anti-Kickback Act → complements → Davis-Bacon Act wage requirements ⓘ
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Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act → relatedTo → Davis-Bacon Act ⓘ
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McNamara–O’Hara Service Contract Act of 1965 → relatedTo → Davis–Bacon Act ⓘ
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Service Contract Act → relatedTo → Davis–Bacon Act ⓘ
subject linked to: SCA
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