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Certified payroll on governemt projects for professionals?
I run a small contracting business. We do some government jobs which require certified payroll according to the Davis-Bacon Act. From what I can read, this refers to "laborers" and "mechanics" What do i do if A) I personally do the majority of the work on the project (I am the Vice President with a Professional Engineer License) or B) All of my employees are degreed engineers, who i see and treat as professionals and not laborers or mechanics. The prime contractor is asking for this and we are having a bit of a back and forth on it. If you could also tell me your experience in this matter i would appreciate it, thanks :)
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- I've worked with government contractors as a payroll accountant and where you're having the real problem is the language used. It doesn't matter what you call the people working for you nor what degrees they have. The government classifies everybody into one pot of soup or the other: 1. You stated "I personally do the majority of the work on the project", then your tasks would be considered - labor, providing direct services. 2. Mechanics - providing ancillary services not directly performing the task related to the service. Mechanics - your office staff. Laborers - your engineers and yourself. Hope that makes more sense because that's how Boeing and Lockheed did it.
