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SiLNEf3E\L_1NFQj3Mf~I14N ICONTINUEDI f~i~ SACC~1i4~ti~r~s_ 14_~il~i~~u~dl RfR NOTE. It a public agency faiis to include the prevailing wage rates in the contract specifications ~r fails to indude in the contract the provisian that prevailing wage rates must be paid, the liability for any unpaid prevailinc~ wages shall be exclusively that of the agenr.y ~ORS 279.35G1311 Frir~g~ E~~netit~ Payments ir~r innge benefits are in ~~~1iiI411 to the basic h~~urly rate. The tenn "fnnge benefits" refers to F~ayiii~=r~~ ; si3ch as: ~) medical or hospital r.are; pensions on reUrement or death; compensation for ii~~uries or illness resulting fr~m an occiipatior~al activity, or insurance to provide airy of the foregoing; b) unemployment benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness ir7s~irance or accident insui~~nce; c) vacation and holiday pay; d) defraying costs of aE7prenticeship or other similar programs; and e) other such bona fide benefits. For the purpose oi prevailing wac~c~ rates, frin~3e benefits ~~~ include any ber7etits which may be requ~red by federal, state c~r local law (e.g. Workers' Compensation, Unemployment Insura~ice, etc.). Every contractor or subcontractor th~t provldes for or contributes to a health and weltare plan or a pension plan, rnust post notic~ c~escribing such plans iri a conspicuous and accessible place crn the project.(ORS 279.350(51J Fringe benefits inay t~e paid to the worker in cash or to a third party administeririg a fringe benefit proyram. Wl~ci~ ar7 hourly rate in excess of the required prevailiny base rate is paid, the amount by which the rate is exceecied rnay be credited toward payment of inn~e ber~efits, 4v~rlim~ ~Norkers employed on a public works ~c~b for more than eight hours in a<iay, or 40 hours in a weck, must be paid overtirne for each additional hour so worked (ORS 279.334). Overtime is calculated at not less than onc and e~r7e-half times the basic hourly rate as determined by the Commissioner of Labor (not including fnnge benc~fits which are paicl at the straigf~~t rate for every hour workedl. In the computation of overtime, travel pay doe~~; n~~~ need to be included but mne pay differentials do. All work performed on ~~~~r~y, ~~r~1~y or ~y~l_ t~~y~ must also be coiripensated tor at time and one I~alf. Legal holidays for purposes of prE~vailing wage rates include the following: 1) New Year's Day on January I; 7) Memorial Uay on the last Monday in May; 3) Independence Day on July 4; 4) Labor Day on the first Monday ~n September, 51 Thanksgiving Day or~ the fourth Thursday in November; 6) Ciiristmas Day on Decerriber 25. I1 one of these days falls on Saturday ar Sunday, then the legal holiday becomes the preceding Friday or the foUowint~ Monday. NOTF. Contractors who are signatory to a collective bargaining agreement ~rray be subject to different overtiine requirernents [ORS279.33413}I. (~crtiti~;~ti4n~i Pavroll The law req~nres every r:ontrar.tor and subcontractor to file certain inforrnation on wages paid to each w~~rkei employed on a public works conUa~:t. T~his statement must completely and ~~ccurately refler.t payroll records f~~r the work week immediately precediny the submission. A cc>ntr'actor or subcontr~~~ctor must complete and subinit th~? certified statement contained on Fc~rrn WH 38 as well as the intormatiori r~~quirecl on the weekly ~~ayroll. Forrn WN-38 and instructions for cornpleting it are included in this booklet. The schedule for submitting payr~~ll iniormatfon is as follows: Once within 15 d~~ys of the date the contractor oi subcc~ntractor first began work on the project; once before the final inspection of the project by the public contracting agency; in addition, f91 R141C~t~ ~X~~~S~ii19.~4_S~s3y&, submissions are to be made at 90 day intervals. WFien work on a project starts and finishes in 15 days ar less, the contractar ar subr,ontractor which performed the work shall submit a payroll and certified statement form which accurately and cornpletely sets out the payroll for all the work perfonned on the project. Payroll information is to be filed with the public contracting agency. 7he payroll information must be kepl by the contractor and or subcc~ntractor for tf~ree years.