SCLS Wage Determination 91-0101.pdf

"REGISTER OF WAGE DETERMINATIONS UNDER | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT | EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

By direction of the Secretary of Labor | WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

| WASHINGTON D.C. 20210

| Wage Determination No.: 1991‐0101 Daniel W. Simms Division of | Revision No.: 50 Director Wage Determinations| Date Of Last Revision: 02/04/2021 Note: Under Executive Order (EO) 13658 an hourly minimum wage of $10.95 for calendar year 2021 applies to all contracts subject to the Service Contract Act for which the contract is awarded (and any solicitation was issued) on or after January 1 2015. If this contract is covered by the EO the contractor must pay all workers in any classification listed on this wage determination at least $10.95 per hour (or the applicable wage rate listed on this wage determination if it is higher) for all hours spent performing on the contract in calendar year 2021. The EO minimum wage rate will be adjusted annually.

Additional information on contractor requirements and worker protections under the EO is available at www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts.

NATIONWIDE:

MIDWEST REGION: Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin.

NORTHEAST REGION: Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island and Vermont.

SOUTHERN REGION: Alabama Arkansas Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia.

WESTERN REGION: Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming.

Alaska American Samoa Hiawaii Guam Northern Marianas Puerto Rico Virgin Islands **Fringe Benefits Required Follow the Occupational Listing**

Employed on contract for quality assurance inspections projects.

OCCUPATION CODE ‐ TITLE FOOTNOTE

RATE

(not set) ‐ Quality Assurance Representative I

Alaska 24.42 America Samoa Hawaii 22.15 Guam Northern Marians Wake Island 13.33 Midwest Region 14.48 Northeast Region 15.27 Puerto Rico 12.05 Southern Region 14.64 Virgin Islands 18.09 Western Region 15.22 (not set) ‐ Quality Assurance Representative II

Alaska 28.10 American Ssmoa Hawaii 25.70 Guam Northern Marianas Wake Island 15.46 Midwest Region 17.98 Northeast Region 18.52 Puerto Rico 13.38 Southern Region 18.51 Virgin Islands 20.08 Western Region 18.77 (not set) ‐ Quality Assurance Representative III

Alaska

31.78 American Somoa Hawaii 29.26 Guam Northern Marianas Wake Island 17.61 Midwest Region 21.40 Northeast Region 20.85 Puerto Rico 14.87 Southern Region 20.06 Virgin Islands 22.29 Western Region 21.40 (not set) ‐ Scale Operator

Alaska 19.41 American Samoa Hawaii 18.83 Guam Northern Marianas Wake Island 12.15 Midwest Region 11.86 Northeast Region 13.15 Puerto Rico 9.23 Southern Region 11.95 Virgin Islands 12.25 Western Region 14.39 (not set) ‐ Supervisory Construction Representative

Alaska 34.95 American Samoa Hawaii 32.19 Guam Northern Marianias Wake Island 19.37 Midwest Region 28.70 Northeast Region 29.19 Puerto Rico 16.34 Southern Region 29.50 Virgin Islands 24.51 Western Region

29.66

Note: Executive Order (EO) 13706 Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors applies to all contracts subject to the Service Contract Act for which the contract is awarded (and any solicitation was issued) on or after January 1 2017. If this contract is covered by the EO the contractor must provide employees with 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours they work up to 56 hours of paid sick leave each year. Employees must be permitted to use paid sick leave for their own illness injury or other health‐related needs including preventive care; to assist a family member (or person who is like family to the employee) who is ill injured or has other health‐related needs including preventive care; or for reasons resulting from or to assist a family member (or person who is like family to the employee) who is the victim of domestic violence sexual assault or stalking. Additional information on contractor requirements and worker protections under the EO is available at www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts.

ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

HEALTH & WELFARE: $4.54 per hour up to 40 hours per week or $181.60 per week or $786.93 per month

HEALTH & WELFARE EO 13706: $4.22 per hour up to 40 hours per week or $168.80 per week or $731.47 per month*

*This rate is to be used only when compensating employees for performance on an

SCA‐

covered contract also covered by EO 13706 Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. A contractor may not receive credit toward its SCA obligations for any paid sick leave provided pursuant to EO 13706.

VACATION: 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year of service with a contractor or successor 3 weeks after 5 years and 4 weeks after 15 years. Length of service includes the whole span of continuous service with the present contractor or successor wherever employed and with the predecessor contractors in the performance of similar work at the same Federal facility. (Reg. 29 CFR 4.173)

HOLIDAYS: A minimum of ten paid holidays per year: New Year's Day Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans' Day Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. (A contractor may substitute for any of the named holidays another day off with pay in accordance with a plan communicated to the employees involved.) (See 29 CFR 4.174)

HEALTH & WELFARE (Hawaii): $1.94 per hour up to 40 hours per week or $77.60 per week or $336.27 per month for all employees on whose behalf the contractor provides health care benefits pursuant to the Hawaii prepaid Health Care Act. For those employees who are not receiving health care benefits mandated by the Hawaii prepaid

Health Care Act the new health and welfare benefit rate will be $4.54 per hour up to 40 hours per week.

HEALTH & WELFARE (Hawaii EO 13706): $1.63 per hour up to 40 hours per week or $65.

20 per week or $282.53 per month for all employees on whose behalf the contractor provides health care benefits pursuant to the Hawaii prepaid Health Care Act. For those employees who are not receiving health care benefits mandated by the Hawaii prepaid Health Care Act the new health and welfare benefit rate will be $4.22 per hour up to 40 hours per week. *

*This rate is to be used only when compensating employees for performance on an

SCA‐

covered contract also covered by EO 13706 Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors. A contractor may not receive credit toward its SCA obligations for any paid sick leave provided pursuant to EO 13706.

** UNIFORM ALLOWANCE **

If employees are required to wear uniforms in the performance of this contract (either by the terms of the Government contract by the employer by the state or local law etc.) the cost of furnishing such uniforms and maintaining (by laundering or dry cleaning) such uniforms is an expense that may not be borne by an employee where such cost reduces the hourly rate below that required by the wage determination. The Department of Labor will accept payment in accordance with the following standards as compliance:

The contractor or subcontractor is required to furnish all employees with an adequate number of uniforms without cost or to reimburse employees for the actual cost of the uniforms. In addition where uniform cleaning and maintenance is made the responsibility of the employee all contractors and subcontractors subject to this wage determination shall (in the absence of a bona fide collective bargaining agreement providing for a different amount or the furnishing of contrary affirmative proof as to the actual cost) reimburse all employees for such cleaning and maintenance at a rate of $3.35 per week (or $.67 cents per day). However in those instances where the uniforms furnished are made of ""wash and wear"" materials may be routinely washed and dried with other personal garments and do not require any special treatment such as dry cleaning daily washing or commercial laundering in order to meet the cleanliness or appearance standards set by the terms of the Government contract by the contractor by law or by the nature of the work there is no requirement that employees be reimbursed for uniform maintenance costs.

** SERVICE CONTRACT ACT DIRECTORY OF OCCUPATIONS **

The duties of employees under job titles listed are those described in the ""Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations"" Fifth Edition (Revision 1) dated September 2015 unless otherwise indicated.

REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL CLASSIFICATION AND WAGE RATE

Standard Form 1444 (SF‐1444)

Conformance Process:

The contracting officer shall require that any class of service employee which is not listed herein and which is to be employed under the contract (i.e. the work to be performed is not performed by any classification listed in the wage determination) be classified by the contractor so as to provide a reasonable relationship (i.e. appropriate level of skill comparison) between such unlisted classifications and the classifications listed in the wage determination. Such conformed classes of employees shall be paid the monetary wages and furnished the fringe benefits as are determined (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(i)). Such conforming procedures shall be initiated by the contractor prior to the performance of contract work by such unlisted class(es) of employees (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(ii)). The Wage and Hour Division shall make a final determination of conformed classification wage rate and/or fringe benefits which shall be retroactive to the commencement date of the contract (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(iv)(C)(vi)). When multiple wage determinations are included in a contract a separate SF‐1444 should be prepared for each wage determination to which a class(es) is to be conformed.

The process for preparing a conformance request is as follows:

1) When preparing the bid the contractor identifies the need for a conformed occupation(s) and computes a proposed rate(s).

2) After contract award the contractor prepares a written report listing in order the proposed classification title(s) a Federal grade equivalency (FGE) for each proposed classification(s) job description(s) and rationale for proposed wage rate(s) including information regarding the agreement or disagreement of the authorized representative of the employees involved or where there is no authorized representative the employees themselves. This report should be submitted to the contracting officer no later than 30 days after such unlisted class(es) of employees performs any contract work.

3) The contracting officer reviews the proposed action and promptly submits a report of the action together with the agency's recommendations and pertinent information including the position of the contractor and the employees to the Wage and Hour Division U.S. Department of Labor for review (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(ii)).

4) Within 30 days of receipt the Wage and Hour Division approves modifies or disapproves the action via transmittal to the agency contracting officer or notifies the contracting officer that additional time will be required to process the request.

5) The contracting officer transmits the Wage and Hour decision to the contractor.

6) The contractor informs the affected employees.

Information required by the Regulations must be submitted on SF‐1444 or bond paper.

When preparing a conformance request the ""Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations"" (the Directory) should be used to compare job definitions to ensure that duties requested are not performed by a classification already listed in the wage determination. Remember it is not the job title but the required tasks that determine whether a class is included in an established wage determination.

Conformances may not be used to artificially split combine or subdivide classifications listed in the wage determination.

** OCCUPATIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCA DIRECTORY OF OCCUPATIONS **

Quality Assurance Representative I

A Quality Assurance Representative I independently inspects a few standardized procedures items or operations of limited difficulty. A Quality Assurance Representative I's assignments involve independent record keeping and preparation of reports inspection and testing interpretation of plans and specifications and observation of construction activities to check adherence to safety practices and requirements. Quality Assurance Representative I's maintain work relationships with contractor supervisory personnel. Contacts involve obtaining information on sequence of operations and work methods explaining standard requirements of plans and specifications and informing the contractor of inspection results.

Quality Assurance Representative II

A Quality Assurance Representative II independently inspects a wide variety of standardized items or operations requiring a substantial knowledge of the method and techniques of construction inspection and of construction methods equipment materials practices and the ability to interpret varied requirements in drawings and specifications. Quality Assurance Representative II's obtain information on schedules and work methods and explain requirements of plans and specifications.

They make suggestions to the contractor concerning well‐established acceptable methods and practices to assist the contractor in meeting standard requirements.

Quality Assurance Representative II's are typically not authorized to approve deviations in construction plans methods and practices even of a minor nature.

Quality Assurance Representative III

A Quality Assurance Representative III is expected to interpret plans and specifications relating to construction problems of normal difficulty that is those for which there are precedents and those without unusual complications.

Quality Assurance Representative III's resolve differences between plans and specifications when such differences do not involve questions of cost or engineering design. Engineering and supervisory assistance is readily available and is provided as needed to assist in interpreting plans and specifications and in resolving differences involving complex problems. Technical assistance is also available on unusual specialized trade crafts or materials problems. Inspection reports are reviewed for accuracy completeness and adequacy. Unusually difficult and novel problems are discussed with the supervisor. Quality Assurance Representative III's are typically authorized to approve minor deviations in construction methods and practices which conform to established precedents do not involve added costs and are consistent with contract plans and specifications. Decisions by Quality Assurance Representative III's on the acceptability of construction methods and practices workmanship materials and the finished product are considered to be final.

Scale Operator

Serves as a truck scale operator during periods of stone placement activates under the direct supervision of the on site Quality Assurance Representative. In accordance with established policies procedures manuals and stand operating practices incumbent is responsible for weighing and recording stone delivered and placed in the work by truck.

Supervisory Construction Representative

A Supervisory Construction Representative serves as coordinator for construction quality assurance personnel with the responsibility for providing technical and administrative leadership over assigned construction quality assurance activities within the scope of this contract. The Supervisory Construction Representative plans organizes coordinates and supervises the work activities of the Quality Assurance Representatives assigned to a variety of construction and related projects.

He coordinates the activities of the Quality Assurance Representatives assigned the construction contract work to ensure adequate coverage of all related construction with deadlines contractor conformance to Quality Control Plan and reporting procedures and efficiency of operations relative to said construction contracts. The Supervisory Construction Representative explains work requirements and issues any special instructions as necessary and renders advice and assistance to Quality Assurance Representatives on unusual or non‐routine matters practices and standards. He performs a variety of personnel management functions such as overseeing attendance participates in setting performance standards resolves informal complaints orients new employees and provides training."