Determining Fringe Benefit Credit an employer can apply a fringe benefit credit towards the total prevailing wage rate due an employee. The informational sheet
WHD-9917 General Information Regarding Fringe Benefits
, provides information on which fringe benefits are allowed and how to calculate the fringe benefit credit.
Contracts that require the payment of rates established by the federal
Davis Bacon Act
are not covered by the Michigan Prevailing Wages on State Projects, Public Act 166 of 1965, as amended. Questions regarding the federal Davis Bacon Act can be directed to the United States Department of Labor at 1-866-4-USWAGE (1-866-487-9243), or you can visit their web site at
www.dol.gov
.
The United States Department of Labor, Wage Hour Division (USWHD) has released guidance MEMORANDUM NO. 207 concerning implementation of Section 1606 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which provides for application of Davis-Bacon labor standards to certain Federal and federally-assisted construction work funded in whole or in part under provisions of ARRA. In addition, USWHD has launched a new Web page,
http://www.dol.gov/whd/recovery/index.htm
, with ARRA-related compliance information.
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