Aliecia Taormina, CCEP

Labor Compliance –

The Top 10 Most Common

Mistakes

Introduction

Aliecia Taormina, CCEP

Services Department Manager

(Formerly with the Kiewit Companies)

Agenda

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1 - Apprentice Ratios

• Not knowing what the proper ratios are per classification

• Having incorrect ratios

• Not paying apprentices appropriately

2 - Conformances

• Not requesting conformances

• Using incorrect classifications

• Not paying restitution if conformances come back approved at a higher rate

3 – Employee Payment

• Paying bi-weekly

• Paying monthly

• Paying “per piece” instead of hourly

4 - Trucking Brokers

• Turning in Certified Payrolls with Owner-Operators on them

• Not paying correct prevailing wages

• Improperly listing Teamsters as 1099 contractors

5 - Wage Determinations

• Utilizing an incorrectly dated wage determination

• Utilizing the wrong construction type of wage determination

• Not including a copy in lower tier subcontracts

6 - Deductions

• Taking unauthorized deductions• PPE

• Tools

• Uniforms

• Cell Phones

• Use of company truck

7 - Deduction Authorization Forms

• Not turning in deduction authorization forms to Prime/Agency

• Not having employees sign a deduction authorization form before taking the deduction

8 - Secondary Site of Work

• Not understanding what a Secondary Site of Work (SSW) is

• Not paying prevailing wage for work performed at SSW

9 - Flow-down Provisions

• Referring to Davis-Bacon requirements by referring to Prime Contract

• Not including proper flow-down provisions in subcontracts

10 - On-site Contractors

• Not being aware of every contractor on a project site

• Not being aware of which contractor is performing covered work

11 - Misclassification

• Classifying a covered worker by the wrong craft

• Short paying a covered worker since they are classified wrong

Questions?

Email: ataormina@lcptracker.com

Office Phone No. (714) 669-0052 ext.118