FLOOD01455

• County: Costilla
• Community: San Luis
• Stream Name: San Luis area drainageway
• Title: Contract Documents for Subdrain and Levee Improvements
• Date: 6/18/1990
• Prepared For: San Luis
• Prepared By: WRC Engineering, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Contract

EXHIBIT VIII-D, Cont.

INSTRUCTIONS - SUPPLEMENTAL CLASSIFICATIONS

The Regulations of the Secretary of Labor, 29 CFR, Part 5, Section 5,5(a)(1 )(ii), provide that the contracting
officer shall require that any class of laborers or mechanics which is not listed in the wage determination and
which is to be employed under the contract, shall be classKied or reclassKied conformably to the wage
determination, A report of the action taken shall be sent by the Federal Agency to the Department of Labor.
This is mandatory,

Important points to be considered:

1. The wage determination should be reviewed to see K there Is a classification that can be used to
cover the work to be pertormed.

2. If there is no appropriate classKication in the schedule, determine whether the classKicatlon
requested is generally used in the construction industry and the rate requested is prevailing locally.

3. The wage rates and fringe beneftts should not be less than those prevailing on the date of the
applicable wage determination decision.

The rates of pay will be established as follows:

Signed statements wtth respect to prevailing rates listing the classKlcation of labor to be
employed and the prevailing minimum wage rate for each will be obtained from the
Secretaries of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) and the Building Trades Council
(BTC) having jurisdiction, where possible.

If statements from the Secretaries of the AGC and the BTC are not applicable, or impossible to obtain, the
following procedure will be used:

. Secure letters from at least three contractors who normally work in the area of the project
indicating what they pay employees In the needed classifications. These statements and
any other material will form the basis of the minimum prevailing rates to be established.

The interested parties, including the empioyees or their authorized representatives, must agree on the
classification and wage rate,

In the event the interested parties, including the employees who are not represented by organized labor
cannot reach agreement as to the proper c1assKicatlon or reclassKication, the matter shall be referred to the
Department of Labor for final determination.

(This report should not be utilized to add the classKication and rate for Helpers and other such
subclassifications. These classifications are included in the wage determination decisions when the
information available to the Department of Labor indicates that a practice of using such subclassifications
prevails in the area.)

This form is self-explanatory. ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION MUST BE REPORTED AND SUPPORTING
DATA ATTACHED. Each supplemental classification action must be approved by the HUD Regional Labor
Relations Office and sent to the appropriate Regional Office of the Employment Standards Administration,
U,S, Department of Labor.

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