Wage Determination.txt

"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.: 2015-4095 Daniel W. Simms Division of | Revision No.: 26 Director Wage Determinations| Date Of Last Revision: 12/26/2023

Note: Contracts subject to the Service Contract Act are generally required to pay at least the applicable minimum wage rate required under Executive Order 14026 or Executive Order 13658.

|If the contract is entered into on or |Executive Order 14026 generally applies to | |after January 30, 2022, or the |the contract. | |contract is renewed or extended (e.g., |The contractor must pay all covered workers | |an option is exercised) on or after |at least $17.20 per hour (or the applicable | |January 30, 2022: |wage rate listed on this wage determination,| | |if it is higher) for all hours spent | | |performing on the contract in 2024. | |If the contract was awarded on or |Executive Order 13658 generally applies to | |between January 1, 2015 and January 29,|the contract. | |2022, and the contract is not renewed |The contractor must pay all covered workers | |or extended on or after January 30, |at least $12.90 per hour (or the applicable | |2022: |wage rate listed on this wage determination,| | |if it is higher) for all hours spent | | |performing on the contract in 2024. |

The applicable Executive Order minimum wage rate will be adjusted annually. Additional information on contractor requirements and worker protections under the Executive Orders is available at www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts.

Applicable in the state of Massachusetts as follows:

FRANKLIN COUNTY - Ashfield town, Conway town, Deerfield town, Leverett town, Shutesbury town, Sunderland town, Wendell town, Whately town

HAMPDEN COUNTY - Agawam city, Blandford town, Chester town, Chicopee city, East Longmeadow town, Granville town, Hampden town, Holyoke city, Longmeadow town, Ludlow town, Monson town, Montgomery town, Palmer town, Russell town, Southwich town, Springfield city, Tolland town, Wales town, West Springfield town, Westfield city, Wilbraham town

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY - Amherst town, Belchertown town, Chesterfield town, Cummington town, Easthampton town, Goshen town, Granby town, Hadley town, Hatfield town, Huntington town, Northampton city, Pelham town, South Hadley town, Southampton town, Ware town, Westhampton town, Williamsburg town, Worthington town

**Fringe Benefits Required Follow the Occupational Listing**

OCCUPATION CODE - TITLE FOOTNOTE RATE

01000 - Administrative Support And Clerical Occupations 01011 - Accounting Clerk I 18.50 01012 - Accounting Clerk II 20.78 01013 - Accounting Clerk III 23.24 01020 - Administrative Assistant 29.95 01035 - Court Reporter 22.47 01041 - Customer Service Representative I 15.81*** 01042 - Customer Service Representative II 17.25 01043 - Customer Service Representative III 19.38 01051 - Data Entry Operator I 19.86 01052 - Data Entry Operator II 21.67 01060 - Dispatcher, Motor Vehicle 23.67 01070 - Document Preparation Clerk 20.10 01090 - Duplicating Machine Operator 20.10 01111 - General Clerk I 15.65*** 01112 - General Clerk II 17.08*** 01113 - General Clerk III 19.18 01120 - Housing Referral Assistant 25.06 01141 - Messenger Courier 18.50 01191 - Order Clerk I 18.35 01192 - Order Clerk II 20.02 01261 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) I 18.53 01262 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) II 20.72 01263 - Personnel Assistant (Employment) III 23.10 01270 - Production Control Clerk 27.46 01290 - Rental Clerk 17.31 01300 - Scheduler, Maintenance 20.09 01311 - Secretary I 20.09 01312 - Secretary II 22.47 01313 - Secretary III 25.06 01320 - Service Order Dispatcher 21.17 01410 - Supply Technician 29.95 01420 - Survey Worker 19.14 01460 - Switchboard Operator/Receptionist 17.29 01531 - Travel Clerk I 16.82*** 01532 - Travel Clerk II 18.35 01533 - Travel Clerk III 19.94 01611 - Word Processor I 18.01 01612 - Word Processor II 20.23 01613 - Word Processor III 22.62 14000 - Information Technology Occupations 14041 - Computer Operator I 19.51 14042 - Computer Operator II 22.34 14043 - Computer Operator III 24.75 14044 - Computer Operator IV 27.68 14045 - Computer Operator V 30.66 14071 - Computer Programmer I (see 1) 25.63 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 19.51 14160 - Personal Computer Support Technician 27.68 14170 - System Support Specialist 39.52 23000 - Mechanics And Maintenance And Repair Occupations 23010 - Aerospace Structural Welder 37.96 23019 - Aircraft Logs and Records Technician 32.45 23021 - Aircraft Mechanic I 36.64 23022 - Aircraft Mechanic II 37.96 23023 - Aircraft Mechanic III 39.39 23040 - Aircraft Mechanic Helper 29.14 23050 - Aircraft, Painter 35.20 23060 - Aircraft Servicer 32.45 23070 - Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Technician 35.20 23080 - Aircraft Worker 33.75 23091 - Aircrew Life Support Equipment (ALSE) Mechanic I 33.75 23092 - Aircrew Life Support Equipment (ALSE) Mechanic II 36.64 23110 - Appliance Mechanic 24.57 23120 - Bicycle Repairer 23.44 23125 - Cable Splicer 49.78 23130 - Carpenter, Maintenance 28.05 23140 - Carpet Layer 28.51 23160 - Electrician, Maintenance 37.42 23181 - Electronics Technician Maintenance I 37.64 23182 - Electronics Technician Maintenance II 39.26 23183 - Electronics Technician Maintenance III 40.86 23260 - Fabric Worker 30.43 23290 - Fire Alarm System Mechanic 28.73 23310 - Fire Extinguisher Repairer 28.94 23311 - Fuel Distribution System Mechanic 38.42 23312 - Fuel Distribution System Operator 32.37 23370 - General Maintenance Worker 22.52 23380 - Ground Support Equipment Mechanic 36.64 23381 - Ground Support Equipment Servicer 32.45 23382 - Ground Support Equipment Worker 33.75 23391 - Gunsmith I 28.94 23392 - Gunsmith II 31.64 23393 - Gunsmith III 34.34 23410 - Heating, Ventilation And Air-Conditioning 31.15 Mechanic 23411 - Heating, Ventilation And Air Contidioning 32.28 Mechanic (Research Facility) 23430 - Heavy Equipment Mechanic 30.84 23440 - Heavy Equipment Operator 32.33 23460 - Instrument Mechanic 34.34 23465 - Laboratory/Shelter Mechanic 33.00 23470 - Laborer 18.28 23510 - Locksmith 28.04 23530 - Machinery Maintenance Mechanic 29.15 23550 - Machinist, Maintenance 26.81 23580 - Maintenance Trades Helper 19.46 23591 - Metrology Technician I 34.34 23592 - Metrology Technician II 35.59 23593 - Metrology Technician III 36.93 23640 - Millwright 34.34 23710 - Office Appliance Repairer 23.93 23760 - Painter, Maintenance 23.66 23790 - Pipefitter, Maintenance 36.85 23810 - Plumber, Maintenance 35.40 23820 - Pneudraulic Systems Mechanic 34.34 23850 - Rigger 34.34 23870 - Scale Mechanic 31.64 23890 - Sheet-Metal Worker, Maintenance 35.01 23910 - Small Engine Mechanic 23.39 23931 - Telecommunications Mechanic I 40.98 23932 - Telecommunications Mechanic II 42.46 23950 - Telephone Lineman 40.54 23960 - Welder, Combination, Maintenance 24.98 23965 - Well Driller 34.34 23970 - Woodcraft Worker 34.34 23980 - Woodworker 28.94 30000 - Technical Occupations 30010 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Center (HFO) (see 2) 48.38 30011 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Station (HFO) (see 2) 33.37 30012 - Air Traffic Control Specialist, Terminal (HFO) (see 2) 36.75 30021 - Archeological Technician I 18.94 30022 - Archeological Technician II 21.19 30023 - Archeological Technician III 26.25 30030 - Cartographic Technician 26.25 30040 - Civil Engineering Technician 28.93 30051 - Cryogenic Technician I 29.07 30052 - Cryogenic Technician II 32.12 30061 - Drafter/CAD Operator I 18.94 30062 - Drafter/CAD Operator II 21.19 30063 - Drafter/CAD Operator III 23.62 30064 - Drafter/CAD Operator IV 29.07 30081 - Engineering Technician I 18.29 30082 - Engineering Technician II 20.55 30083 - Engineering Technician III 22.98 30084 - Engineering Technician IV 28.48 30085 - Engineering Technician V 34.82 30086 - Engineering Technician VI 42.13 30090 - Environmental Technician 25.95 30095 - Evidence Control Specialist 26.25 30210 - Laboratory Technician 31.04 30221 - Latent Fingerprint Technician I 29.07 30222 - Latent Fingerprint Technician II 32.12 30240 - Mathematical Technician 28.55 30361 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant I 23.40 30362 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant II 29.00 30363 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant III 35.46 30364 - Paralegal/Legal Assistant IV 42.90 30375 - Petroleum Supply Specialist 32.12 30390 - Photo-Optics Technician 26.25 30395 - Radiation Control Technician 32.12 30461 - Technical Writer I 27.27 30462 - Technical Writer II 33.36 30463 - Technical Writer III 40.36 30491 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician I 30.75 30492 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician II 37.21 30493 - Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician III 44.60 30494 - Unexploded (UXO) Safety Escort 30.75 30495 - Unexploded (UXO) Sweep Personnel 30.75 30501 - Weather Forecaster I 29.07 30502 - Weather Forecaster II 35.36 30620 - Weather Observer, Combined Upper Air Or (see 2) 23.62 Surface Programs 30621 - Weather Observer, Senior (see 2) 26.25 99000 - Miscellaneous Occupations 99020 - Cabin Safety Specialist 18.14 99030 - Cashier 14.91*** 99050 - Desk Clerk 15.46*** 99095 - Embalmer 29.67 99130 - Flight Follower 30.75 99251 - Laboratory Animal Caretaker I 18.80 99252 - Laboratory Animal Caretaker II 19.92 99260 - Marketing Analyst 32.77 99310 - Mortician 30.30 99410 - Pest Controller 22.06 99510 - Photofinishing Worker 16.16*** 99710 - Recycling Laborer 25.82 99711 - Recycling Specialist 29.71 99730 - Refuse Collector 23.54 99810 - Sales Clerk 15.46*** 99820 - School Crossing Guard 15.04*** 99830 - Survey Party Chief 27.86 99831 - Surveying Aide 18.24 99832 - Surveying Technician 25.00 99840 - Vending Machine Attendant 21.78 99841 - Vending Machine Repairer 25.22 99842 - Vending Machine Repairer Helper 21.78

***Workers in this classification may be entitled to a higher minimum wage under Executive Order 14026 ($17.20 per hour) or 13658 ($12.90 per hour). Please see the Note at the top of the wage determination for more information. Please also note that the minimum wage requirements of Executive Order 14026 and 13658 are not currently being enforced as to contracts or contract-like instruments entered into with the federal government in connection with seasonal recreational services or seasonal recreational equipment rental for the general public on federal lands. The minimum wage requirements of Executive Order 14026 also are not currently being enforced as to any contract or subcontract to which the states of Texas, Louisiana, or Mississippi, including their agencies, are a party.

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: $4.98 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $199.20 per week or $863.20 per month

HEALTH & WELFARE EO 13706: $4.57 per hour, up to 40 hours per week, or $182.80 per week, or $792.13 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, 4 weeks after 15 years, and 5 weeks after 25 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 twelve paid holidays per year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, 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 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 (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 the 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))."