Category Archives: Prevailing Wage

Service Contract Act of 1965: An Overview

Passed in 1965, the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) is a federal prevailing wage law [...]

Three Reasons to Sponsor a 401(k) Plan

Employers have much to consider when choosing to sponsor a 401k plan. Fees, testing, investments, [...]

Using a Company Hourly Fringe Program without Prevailing Wage

For a few years now, companies have been finding it increasingly difficult to hire and [...]

A Couple of Really Good Prevailing Wage Questions

When Prevailing Wage is the subject, there is no shortage of questions. Here are a [...]

Weighted Average Overtime in the World of Prevailing Wage

Some employers still consider the payment of “time and a half” for all hours worked [...]

Prevailing Wage Laws

This article provides a summary of various prevailing wage laws, to include the federal Davis [...]

Weighted Average Overtime: How HR and payroll providers might explain it, and why it’s wrong

A company might ask their HR software or payroll provider how to meet their overtime [...]

My employees refer to prevailing wage fringe as “their money”

My employees refer to prevailing wage fringe as “their money”. What can the Company do [...]

IRS Publication 15-B fringes and Prevailing Wage fringes are not the same thing

IRS Publication 15-B identifies many items as legitimate fringe benefits. If the IRS identifies something [...]

On my Federal Service Contract Act (SCA) projects, isn’t it easier to pay the required H&W rate as cash on the employee’s paycheck?

Whether paying the Federal SCA required H&W rate as cash on the employee’s paycheck is [...]