Wage Determination 2015-5537 Spokane.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.: 2015-5537

Daniel W. Simms Division of | Revision No.: 27

Director Wage Determinations| Date Of Last Revision: 12/03/2025

State: Washington

Area: Washington Counties of Spokane, Stevens

**Fringe Benefits Required Follow the Occupational Listing**

OCCUPATION CODE - TITLE FOOTNOTE

RATE

01000 - Administrative Support And Clerical Occupations

01011 - Accounting Clerk I

20.47

01012 - Accounting Clerk II

22.98

01013 - Accounting Clerk III

25.70

01020 - Administrative Assistant

31.81

01035 - Court Reporter

22.24

01041 - Customer Service Representative I

17.82

01042 - Customer Service Representative II

19.45

01043 - Customer Service Representative III

21.83

01051 - Data Entry Operator I

18.06

01052 - Data Entry Operator II

19.70

01060 - Dispatcher, Motor Vehicle

24.43

01070 - Document Preparation Clerk

18.96

01090 - Duplicating Machine Operator

18.96

01111 - General Clerk I

18.56

01112 - General Clerk II

20.26

01113 - General Clerk III

22.74

01120 - Housing Referral Assistant

24.78

01141 - Messenger Courier

19.83

01191 - Order Clerk I

20.62

01192 - Order Clerk II

22.50

01261 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) I

19.89

01262 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) II

22.25

01263 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) III

24.80

01270 - Production Control Clerk

26.94

01290 - Rental Clerk

21.34

01300 - Scheduler, Maintenance

19.87

01311 - Secretary I

19.87

01312 - Secretary II

22.24

01313 - Secretary III

24.78

01320 - Service Order Dispatcher

21.84

01410 - Supply Technician

31.81

01420 - Survey Worker

22.00

01460 - Switchboard Operator/Receptionist

18.90

01531 - Travel Clerk I

18.91

01532 - Travel Clerk II

20.20

01533 - Travel Clerk III

22.46

01611 - Word Processor I

17.71

01612 - Word Processor II

19.87

01613 - Word Processor III

22.24

05000 - Automotive Service Occupations

05005 - Automobile Body Repairer, Fiberglass

24.75

05010 - Automotive Electrician

24.82

05040 - Automotive Glass Installer

23.48

05070 - Automotive Worker

23.48

05110 - Mobile Equipment Servicer

20.81

05130 - Motor Equipment Metal Mechanic

26.14

05160 - Motor Equipment Metal Worker

23.48

05190 - Motor Vehicle Mechanic

26.14

05220 - Motor Vehicle Mechanic Helper

19.48

05250 - Motor Vehicle Upholstery Worker

22.13

05280 - Motor Vehicle Wrecker

23.48

05310 - Painter, Automotive

24.82

05340 - Radiator Repair Specialist

23.48

05370 - Tire Repairer

18.61

05400 - Transmission Repair Specialist

26.14

07000 - Food Preparation And Service Occupations

07010 - Baker

18.60

07041 - Cook I

21.08

07042 - Cook II

23.79

07070 - Dishwasher

16.78

07130 - Food Service Worker

17.46

07210 - Meat Cutter

22.72

07260 - Waiter/Waitress

20.05

09000 - Furniture Maintenance And Repair Occupations

09010 - Electrostatic Spray Painter

22.48

09040 - Furniture Handler

14.45

09080 - Furniture Refinisher

21.00

09090 - Furniture Refinisher Helper

16.49

09110 - Furniture Repairer, Minor

18.73

09130 - Upholsterer

22.48

11000 - General Services And Support Occupations

11030 - Cleaner, Vehicles

18.43

11060 - Elevator Operator

18.11

11090 - Gardener

25.77

11122 - Housekeeping Aide

18.11

11150 - Janitor

18.11

11210 - Laborer, Grounds Maintenance

21.18

11240 - Maid or Houseman

17.33

11260 - Pruner

20.21

11270 - Tractor Operator

24.13

11330 - Trail Maintenance Worker

21.18

11360 - Window Cleaner

18.98

12000 - Health Occupations

12010 - Ambulance Driver

21.54

12011 - Breath Alcohol Technician

32.98

12012 - Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant

34.86

12015 - Certified Physical Therapist Assistant

30.80

12020 - Dental Assistant

22.95

12025 - Dental Hygienist

50.43

12030 - EKG Technician

40.98

12035 - Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist

40.98

12040 - Emergency Medical Technician

21.54

12071 - Licensed Practical Nurse I

29.48

12072 - Licensed Practical Nurse II

32.98

12073 - Licensed Practical Nurse III

36.75

12100 - Medical Assistant

22.69

12130 - Medical Laboratory Technician

29.15

12160 - Medical Record Clerk

22.79

12190 - Medical Record Technician

25.50

12195 - Medical Transcriptionist

18.98

12210 - Nuclear Medicine Technologist

64.46

12221 - Nursing Assistant I

15.86

12222 - Nursing Assistant II

17.83

12223 - Nursing Assistant III

19.46

12224 - Nursing Assistant IV

21.86

12235 - Optical Dispenser

21.88

12236 - Optical Technician

29.28

12250 - Pharmacy Technician

24.81

12280 - Phlebotomist

21.22

12305 - Radiologic Technologist

38.60

12311 - Registered Nurse I

27.46

12312 - Registered Nurse II

33.59

12313 - Registered Nurse II, Specialist

33.59

12314 - Registered Nurse III

40.64

12315 - Registered Nurse III, Anesthetist

40.64

12316 - Registered Nurse IV

48.71

12317 - Scheduler (Drug and Alcohol Testing)

40.84

12320 - Substance Abuse Treatment Counselor

28.33

13000 - Information And Arts Occupations

13011 - Exhibits Specialist I

27.06

13012 - Exhibits Specialist II

33.52

13013 - Exhibits Specialist III

41.00

13041 - Illustrator I

27.06

13042 - Illustrator II

33.52

13043 - Illustrator III

41.00

13047 - Librarian

37.13

13050 - Library Aide/Clerk

22.14

13054 - Library Information Technology Systems

33.52

Administrator

13058 - Library Technician

23.55

13061 - Media Specialist I

24.20

13062 - Media Specialist II

27.06

13063 - Media Specialist III

30.16

13071 - Photographer I

18.09

13072 - Photographer II

20.25

13073 - Photographer III

25.08

13074 - Photographer IV

30.67

13075 - Photographer V

37.02

13090 - Technical Order Library Clerk

27.80

13110 - Video Teleconference Technician

26.52

14000 - Information Technology Occupations

14041 - Computer Operator I

24.99

14042 - Computer Operator II

27.94

14043 - Computer Operator III

31.54

14044 - Computer Operator IV

35.00

14045 - Computer Operator V

38.80

14071 - Computer Programmer I (see 1)

24.29

14072 - Computer Programmer II (see 1)

14073 - Computer Programmer III (see 1)

14074 - Computer Programmer IV (see 1)

14101 - Computer Systems Analyst I (see 1)

14102 - Computer Systems Analyst II (see 1)

14103 - Computer Systems Analyst III (see 1)

14150 - Peripheral Equipment Operator

24.99

14160 - Personal Computer Support Technician

36.19

14170 - System Support Specialist

40.08

15000 - Instructional Occupations

15010 - Aircrew Training Devices Instructor (Non-Rated)

35.45

15020 - Aircrew Training Devices Instructor (Rated)

42.90

15030 - Air Crew Training Devices Instructor (Pilot)

51.41

15050 - Computer Based Training Specialist / Instructor

35.45

15060 - Educational Technologist

35.04

15070 - Flight Instructor (Pilot)

51.41

15080 - Graphic Artist

26.82

15085 - Maintenance Test Pilot, Fixed, Jet/Prop

51.41

15086 - Maintenance Test Pilot, Rotary Wing

51.41

15088 - Non-Maintenance Test/Co-Pilot

51.41

15090 - Technical Instructor

30.14

15095 - Technical Instructor/Course Developer

36.87

15110 - Test Proctor

24.34

15120 - Tutor

24.34

16000 - Laundry, Dry-Cleaning, Pressing And Related Occupations

16010 - Assembler

18.94

16030 - Counter Attendant

18.94

16040 - Dry Cleaner

21.65

16070 - Finisher, Flatwork, Machine

18.94

16090 - Presser, Hand

18.94

16110 - Presser, Machine, Drycleaning

18.94

16130 - Presser, Machine, Shirts

18.94

16160 - Presser, Machine, Wearing Apparel, Laundry

18.94

16190 - Sewing Machine Operator

22.54

16220 - Tailor

23.45

16250 - Washer, Machine

19.83

19000 - Machine Tool Operation And Repair Occupations

19010 - Machine-Tool Operator (Tool Room)

34.09

19040 - Tool And Die Maker

41.37

21000 - Materials Handling And Packing Occupations

21020 - Forklift Operator

22.89

21030 - Material Coordinator

26.94

21040 - Material Expediter

26.94

21050 - Material Handling Laborer

20.89

21071 - Order Filler

19.60

21080 - Production Line Worker (Food Processing)

22.89

21110 - Shipping Packer

21.70

21130 - Shipping/Receiving Clerk

21.70

21140 - Store Worker I

17.98

21150 - Stock Clerk

21.09

21210 - Tools And Parts Attendant

22.89

21410 - Warehouse Specialist

22.89

23000 - Mechanics And Maintenance And Repair Occupations

23010 - Aerospace Structural Welder

35.32

23019 - Aircraft Logs and Records Technician

28.46

23021 - Aircraft Mechanic I

33.61

23022 - Aircraft Mechanic II

35.32

23023 - Aircraft Mechanic III

37.05

23040 - Aircraft Mechanic Helper

25.05

23050 - Aircraft, Painter

31.92

23060 - Aircraft Servicer

28.46

23070 - Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Technician

31.92

23080 - Aircraft Worker

30.19

23091 - Aircrew Life Support Equipment (ALSE) Mechanic

30.19

I

23092 - Aircrew Life Support Equipment (ALSE) Mechanic

33.61

II

23110 - Appliance Mechanic

22.74

23120 - Bicycle Repairer

26.43

23125 - Cable Splicer

59.83

23130 - Carpenter, Maintenance

29.20

23140 - Carpet Layer

32.24

23160 - Electrician, Maintenance

38.09

23181 - Electronics Technician Maintenance I

34.14

23182 - Electronics Technician Maintenance II

36.09

23183 - Electronics Technician Maintenance III

38.00

23260 - Fabric Worker

30.39

23290 - Fire Alarm System Mechanic

30.79

23310 - Fire Extinguisher Repairer

28.57

23311 - Fuel Distribution System Mechanic

36.64

23312 - Fuel Distribution System Operator

29.17

23370 - General Maintenance Worker

24.74

23380 - Ground Support Equipment Mechanic

33.61

23381 - Ground Support Equipment Servicer

28.46

23382 - Ground Support Equipment Worker

30.19

23391 - Gunsmith I

28.57

23392 - Gunsmith II

32.24

23393 - Gunsmith III

35.89

23410 - Heating, Ventilation And Air-Conditioning

29.61

Mechanic

23411 - Heating, Ventilation And Air Contidioning

31.12

Mechanic (Research Facility)

23430 - Heavy Equipment Mechanic

33.70

23440 - Heavy Equipment Operator

34.47

23460 - Instrument Mechanic

35.89

23465 - Laboratory/Shelter Mechanic

34.09

23470 - Laborer

20.89

23510 - Locksmith

34.09

23530 - Machinery Maintenance Mechanic

31.04

23550 - Machinist, Maintenance

28.22

23580 - Maintenance Trades Helper

20.93

23591 - Metrology Technician I

35.89

23592 - Metrology Technician II

37.72

23593 - Metrology Technician III

39.56

23640 - Millwright

34.90

23710 - Office Appliance Repairer

23.97

23760 - Painter, Maintenance

27.10

23790 - Pipefitter, Maintenance

34.29

23810 - Plumber, Maintenance

32.55

23820 - Pneudraulic Systems Mechanic

35.89

23850 - Rigger

35.89

23870 - Scale Mechanic

32.24

23890 - Sheet-Metal Worker, Maintenance

33.25

23910 - Small Engine Mechanic

23.48

23931 - Telecommunications Mechanic I

31.60

23932 - Telecommunications Mechanic II

33.21

23950 - Telephone Lineman

31.16

23960 - Welder, Combination, Maintenance

28.42

23965 - Well Driller

32.04

23970 - Woodcraft Worker

35.89

23980 - Woodworker

28.57

24000 - Personal Needs Occupations

24550 - Case Manager

21.70

24570 - Child Care Attendant

17.15

24580 - Child Care Center Clerk

21.38

24610 - Chore Aide

19.94

24620 - Family Readiness And Support Services

21.70

Coordinator

24630 - Homemaker

21.70

25000 - Plant And System Operations Occupations

25010 - Boiler Tender

34.09

25040 - Sewage Plant Operator

37.38

25070 - Stationary Engineer

34.09

25190 - Ventilation Equipment Tender

25.41

25210 - Water Treatment Plant Operator

37.38

27000 - Protective Service Occupations

27004 - Alarm Monitor

32.34

27007 - Baggage Inspector

18.27

27008 - Corrections Officer

33.22

27010 - Court Security Officer

38.63

27030 - Detection Dog Handler

20.44

27040 - Detention Officer

33.22

27070 - Firefighter

40.72

27101 - Guard I

18.27

27102 - Guard II

20.44

27131 - Police Officer I

39.91

27132 - Police Officer II

44.36

28000 - Recreation Occupations

28041 - Carnival Equipment Operator

20.00

28042 - Carnival Equipment Repairer

21.36

28043 - Carnival Worker

16.75

28210 - Gate Attendant/Gate Tender

22.62

28310 - Lifeguard

16.58

28350 - Park Attendant (Aide)

25.31

28510 - Recreation Aide/Health Facility Attendant

18.47

28515 - Recreation Specialist

31.35

28630 - Sports Official

20.16

28690 - Swimming Pool Operator

24.10

29000 - Stevedoring/Longshoremen Occupational Services

29010 - Blocker And Bracer

35.27

29020 - Hatch Tender

35.27

29030 - Line Handler

35.27

29041 - Stevedore I

33.24

29042 - Stevedore II

37.28

30000 - Technical Occupations

30010 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Center (HFO) (see 2)

46.32

30011 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Station (HFO) (see 2)

31.94

30012 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Terminal (HFO) (see 2)

35.16

30021 - Archeological Technician I

18.90

30022 - Archeological Technician II

21.14

30023 - Archeological Technician III

26.18

30030 - Cartographic Technician

26.18

30040 - Civil Engineering Technician

31.97

30051 - Cryogenic Technician I

29.00

30052 - Cryogenic Technician II

32.02

30061 - Drafter/CAD Operator I

18.90

30062 - Drafter/CAD Operator II

21.14

30063 - Drafter/CAD Operator III

23.56

30064 - Drafter/CAD Operator IV

29.00

30081 - Engineering Technician I

17.24

30082 - Engineering Technician II

19.35

30083 - Engineering Technician III

21.64

30084 - Engineering Technician IV

26.81

30085 - Engineering Technician V

32.80

30086 - Engineering Technician VI

39.68

30090 - Environmental Technician

26.18

30095 - Evidence Control Specialist

26.18

30210 - Laboratory Technician

30.04

30221 - Latent Fingerprint Technician I

29.00

30222 - Latent Fingerprint Technician II

32.02

30240 - Mathematical Technician

26.18

30361 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant I

21.04

30362 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant II

26.08

30363 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant III

31.89

30364 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant IV

38.58

30375 - Petroleum Supply Specialist

32.02

30390 - Photo-Optics Technician

26.18

30395 - Radiation Control Technician

32.02

30461 - Technical Writer I

27.85

30462 - Technical Writer II

34.07

30463 - Technical Writer III

41.21

30491 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician I

29.43

30492 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician II

35.61

30493 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician III

42.68

30494 - Unexploded (UXO) Safety Escort

29.43

30495 - Unexploded (UXO) Sweep Personnel

29.43

30501 - Weather Forecaster I

29.00

30502 - Weather Forecaster II

35.27

30620 - Weather Observer, Combined Upper Air Or (see 2)

23.56

Surface Programs

30621 - Weather Observer, Senior (see 2)

26.18

31000 - Transportation/Mobile Equipment Operation Occupations

31010 - Airplane Pilot

35.61

31020 - Bus Aide

22.35

31030 - Bus Driver

28.92

31043 - Driver Courier

19.66

31260 - Parking and Lot Attendant

17.43

31290 - Shuttle Bus Driver

19.53

31310 - Taxi Driver

16.49

31361 - Truckdriver, Light

21.00

31362 - Truckdriver, Medium

22.34

31363 - Truckdriver, Heavy

29.48

31364 - Truckdriver, Tractor-Trailer

29.48

99000 - Miscellaneous Occupations

99020 - Cabin Safety Specialist

17.36

99030 - Cashier

17.02

99050 - Desk Clerk

17.60

99095 - Embalmer

28.66

99130 - Flight Follower

29.43

99251 - Laboratory Animal Caretaker I

18.29

99252 - Laboratory Animal Caretaker II

19.53

99260 - Marketing Analyst

34.18

99310 - Mortician

28.66

99410 - Pest Controller

23.37

99510 - Photofinishing Worker

15.47

99710 - Recycling Laborer

31.26

99711 - Recycling Specialist

35.61

99730 - Refuse Collector

29.83

99810 - Sales Clerk

17.23

99820 - School Crossing Guard

25.84

99830 - Survey Party Chief

34.37

99831 - Surveying Aide

19.22

99832 - Surveying Technician

26.28

99840 - Vending Machine Attendant

19.78

99841 - Vending Machine Repairer

23.84

99842 - Vending Machine Repairer Helper

19.78

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.

Note: Executive Order 13658 generally applies to contracts subject to the

Service

Contract Act that were awarded on or between January 1, 2015 and January 29, 2022, and that have not been renewed or extended on or after January 30, 2022. If a contract is subject to Executive Order 13658, the contractor must pay all covered workers at least $13.30 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

2025. The applicable Executive Order minimum wage rate will be adjusted annually.

Additional information on contractor requirements and worker protections under

Executive Order 13658 is available at www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts.

ALL OCCUPATIONS LISTED ABOVE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

HEALTH & WELFARE: $5.55 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $222.00 per week or

$962.00 per month

HEALTH & WELFARE EO 13706: $5.09 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or

$203.60 per week, or $882.27 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 eleven paid holidays per year: New Year's Day, Martin

Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth

National Independence 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)

THE OCCUPATIONS WHICH HAVE NUMBERED FOOTNOTES IN PARENTHESES RECEIVE THE

FOLLOWING:

1) COMPUTER EMPLOYEES: This wage determination does not apply to any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as defined in 29 C.F.R. Part 541. (See 41 C.F.R. 6701(3)). Because most

Computer

Systems Analysts and Computer Programmers who are paid at least $27.63 per hour (or at least $684 per week if paid on a salary or fee basis) likely qualify as exempt computer professionals under 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(1) and 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(17), this wage determination may not include wage rates for all occupations within those job families. In such instances, a conformance will be necessary if there are nonexempt employees in these job families working on the contract.

Job titles vary widely and change quickly in the computer industry, and are not determinative of whether an employee is an exempt computer professional. To be exempt, computer employees who satisfy the compensation requirements must also have a primary duty that consists of:

(1) The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications;

(2) The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;

(3) The design, documentation, testing, creation or modification of computer programs related to machine operating systems; or

(4) A combination of the aforementioned duties, the performance of which requires the same level of skills. (29 C.F.R. 541.400).

Any computer employee who meets the applicable compensation requirements and the above duties test qualifies as an exempt computer professional under both section

13(a)(1) and section 13(a)(17) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. (Field

Assistance

Bulletin No. 2006-3 (Dec. 14, 2006)). Accordingly, this wage determination will not apply to any exempt computer employee regardless of which of these two exemptions is utilized.

2) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND WEATHER OBSERVERS - NIGHT PAY & SUNDAY PAY:

If you work at night as part of a regular tour of duty, you will earn a night differential and receive an additional 10% of basic pay for any hours worked between 6pm and 6am.

If you are a full-time employed (40 hours a week) and Sunday is part of your regularly scheduled workweek, you are paid at your rate of basic pay plus a

Sunday premium of 25% of your basic rate for each hour of Sunday work which is not overtime

(i.e. occasional work on Sunday outside the normal tour of duty is considered overtime work).

** HAZARDOUS PAY DIFFERENTIAL **

An 8 percent differential is applicable to employees employed in a position that represents a high degree of hazard when working with or in close proximity to ordnance, explosives, and incendiary materials. This includes work such as screening, blending, dying, mixing, and pressing of sensitive ordnance, explosives, and pyrotechnic compositions such as lead azide, black powder and photoflash powder.

All dry-house activities involving propellants or explosives.

Demilitarization, modification, renovation, demolition, and maintenance operations on sensitive ordnance, explosives and incendiary materials. All operations involving re-grading and cleaning of artillery ranges.

A 4 percent differential is applicable to employees employed in a position that represents a low degree of hazard when working with, or in close proximity to ordnance, (or employees possibly adjacent to) explosives and incendiary materials which involves potential injury such as laceration of hands, face, or arms of the employee engaged in the operation, irritation of the skin, minor burns and the like;

minimal damage to immediate or adjacent work area or equipment being used.

All operations involving, unloading, storage, and hauling of ordnance, explosive, and incendiary ordnance material other than small arms ammunition. These differentials are only applicable to work that has been specifically designated by the agency for ordnance, explosives, and incendiary material differential pay.

** 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 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 (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 paid to all employees performing in the classification from the first day of work on which contract work is performed by them in the classification.

Failure to pay such unlisted employees the compensation agreed upon by the interested parties and/or fully determined by the Wage and Hour Division retroactive to the date such class of employees commenced contract work shall be a violation of the Act and this contract. (See 29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(v)). 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 U.S.

Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 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 Division's decision to contractor.

6) Each affected employee shall be furnished by the contractor with a written copy of such determination or it shall be posted as a part of the wage determination (See

29 CFR 4.6(b)(2)(iii)).

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"" 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 (See 29 CFR 4.152(c)(1))."