Labor Compliance

Labor Compliance Approach

Four core values form the foundation of our approach to providing labor compliance services:

TEAM

We are dedicated to providing value to our clients through a team approach that is aligned with their goals and dedicated to the success of each project.

PROACTIVE

Our philosophy is to: 

1. Monitor for the purpose of preventing violations before they occur;
2. Ensure that the certified payrolls stand on their own; and
3. Protect the awarding authority. We use leading labor compliance software programs, current manual review audit tools and industry standard inspection protocols to ensure timely submittal of certified payroll reports and compliance with labor laws.

SERVICE

We strive to demonstrate continuous efforts to improve operations, streamline processes, and work affirmatively to provide quality customer service. We will respond to our client’s unique business drivers, requirements, and challenges while customizing solutions to meet their specific needs.

RESOLUTION FOCUSED

We are well-practiced in resolving prevailing wage violations and potential violations discovered through compliance verification, worker complaints, project team audit requests, or owner discovered discrepancies.

We will consistently apply our experience and specialized skills to provide applicable solutions to complex challenges.

We have a can-do approach to problem solving. These principals will drive the efficient planning, monitoring, and close-out of the development projects to ensure compliance, cost savings, and profitability for our client’s strategic objectives.

Our team of highly trained staff will conduct a systematic and methodical review of all collected data. Our team will capture, and record all critical data in a database program, designed specifically to meet the needs of labor compliance program management, enforcement, and reporting.

Labor Compliance Services

RLS Compliance, LLC contract compliance services are geared to provide comprehensive support for our clients in compliance with their contract obligations.

Our labor compliance services include:

• Develop a project specific  and streamlined labor compliance process that delivers the overall goal of subcontractor compliance.
• Review awarding body’s internal labor compliance systems, processes, and procedures.
• Compliance monitoring and audits of federal and state certified payroll reports to ensure timely submittal of certified payroll reports and other required submittals utilizing labor compliance software program and various manual review audit tools.
• Validate the accuracy of subcontractor certified payroll reports.
• Audit for proper trade classification when compared to work summaries, project journals, sign-In sheets, timesheets, and daily construction reports.
• Audit subcontractor daily reports and certified payroll reports to ensure accurate payroll data input and worker payments.
• Validate trade classifications accuracy.
• Assist in the resolution of prevailing wage violations or potential violations discovered through compliance verification, worker complaints, project team audit requests, or owner discovered discrepancies.
• Perform random and detailed audits.
• Calculate back wages and potential penalties upon prevailing wage violations for underpayment occurrences discovered in internal audits.
• Issue delinquency notices to subcontractors for violations and infractions and request corrective action.
• Recommend withholding of contractor’s funds from progress payments for noncompliance.
• Verify wages and prepare wage underpayment reports as required by awarding agency.
• Work site monitoring, perform site visits and observations and conduct worker interviews to ensure accuracy of subcontractor reporting and invoicing.
• Collect safe harbor affidavits upon progress and final payments.
• Union apprenticeship / training provisions, ensure apprenticeship compliance, including but not limited to proper apprentice registration, apprentice requests, DAS142 submittals, and apprentice to journeyman ratios.
• Verify payment of training fund payments and/or fringe benefit contributions.
• Review labor compliance packet for pre-construction conferences and subcontractor orientation meetings to ensure compliance with state and federal labor code and contract requirements.
• Participate in pre-bid and preconstruction conference and subcontractor orientation meetings.
• Review subcontractor agreements for compliance with state and federal labor code compliance.
• Worker complaint investigations.
• Communicate compliance status (underpayment reports via monthly subcontractor status reporting)
• Act as the project team labor compliance point of contact and liaison to the awarding body and all subcontractors on all labor compliance matters.
• Attend meetings with awarding body labor compliance staff.
• Resolve wage issues including audits performed by the awarding body labor compliance staff.
• Conduct final review and close-out of all contractors at all tiers. Ensure files are organized and contain complete reporting and correspondence for record keeping purposes and potential audits conducted prior to statute of limitations. Ensure all certified payroll reports and required forms have been collected on-line. Ensure collection of safe harbor affidavits. Approve final authorization to release retention for primary subcontractors. Provide all working files including but not limited to certified payroll reports, email communication, correspondence letters, contract requirement research, audit documents, and other related documents.
• PLA and CBA compliance and training
• Presentations, education, and training
• Dispute resolution
• DLSE case approval