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CCMI has written about this before, but it bears repeating. If your contracting company does any work on federally funded projects and you want to take fringe benefit credit for health and welfare premiums where the company self-funds part of the benefit or you want to take credit for Holiday or Vacation pay which you keep “on your books”, you MUST obtain approval from the US DOL. CCMI can help you with that process which will include a letter to the DOL detailing your written policy on these items, how no forfeitures or caps on benefits are imposed and how you calculate these benefits. The US DOL also wants to see a copy of your sick pay policy for direct Davis Bacon projects. See 29 CFR part 5.28 or let us help you with this process.



Training Opportunities

January 13th Webinar Prevailing Wage Update for Special Districts, 10 – 11 a.m.. For more information or to register go to www.csda.net

January 13th  Webinar Prevailing Wage Update + Skilled and Trained Workforce for Contractors. 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Sponsored by Associated Builders and Contractor San Diego. For more information or to register, contact: George Janczyn - george@abcsd.org

February 1-4  In Person CAPPO Conference San Diego. Deborah speaking on Monday, Feb 2 Everything CA Prevailing Wage; and on Feb 4 Special Rules for Prevailing Wage (CA+ DB). Contact CAPPO for information and to register. https://www.cappo.org/page/CAPPOConference\

April 15 and 16 Webinar Everything you Need to Know about California Prevailing Wages 10 a.m. – 12 noon both days.To register, contact www.csda.net

If you need more training, Deborah Wilder is the presenter on the LCPtracker Academy Prevailing wage workshops. Go to www.LCPtracker.com and select the education tab.

Want to schedule your own prevailing wage workshop?

We will customize a workshop or webinar for you and your Agency/Account. Contact us at: info@ccmilcp.com 

ANSWER: 

The answer to this question is multifaceted. This response is going to explain the federal rules. First, you would be allowed a reasonable cost of instruction, such as cost of instructors, the cost of materials and books and a reasonable amount for the classroom rental. Then divide that across the participants  then divide by 2080 hours to reach a training amount per hour. Please note that this training amount has to go through the same approval process as set forth in the first article above. Typically that cost ranges up to $2 per hour or thereabouts.

Please note that State rules can be different. Some states (California) will not let individual companies claim extra training costs even if you have a US DOL approved training program