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<br />6. If the contractor doe not make payments to a trustee or <br />other thud Person, he may consider es part of the wages of any <br />laborer or mechanic the amount of any costs reasonably antici- <br />pated in providing benefits under a plan or program of a type <br />expressly' listed~in the wage determination decision of the Secre- <br />tary of Labor which is a part of this contract: Provided, hotnever, <br />the Secretary of Labor has found, upon the written request of <br />the contractor, that the applicable standards of the Davis-Bacon <br />Act have, been met. The Secretary of Labor may require the <br />contractor to set aside in a separate account assets for the meet <br />ing of obligations under the plan or program. <br />~• Payment of Ezeeea Wages: <br />While the wage rates shown are the minimum rates required <br />by the contract to be paid during its Cite, this is not a reprexn- <br />tatian Chet labor can be obtained at these rates. No increase in <br />the contract price shall be allowed or authorized on account at <br />the payment of wegt rates in excess o! those listed herein. <br />ii. Apprentices and Trainees (Programs of Department <br />of Labor): <br />a. Apprentices will be permitted to work et leas then the <br />predetermined rate Ior the work they performed when they are <br />employed and individually registered in n bona fide apprentice- <br />ship program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, <br />ilfanpower Administration, Bureau o[ Apprenticeship and Train- <br />ing. or with a State Apprenticeship A;,enry recognized by the <br />Dureau, or i(a perwn is employed in his fiat 90 days of proba- <br />ttnnary employment as an apprentice in such an apprenticeship <br />program, who is not individually registered in the program, but <br />Train ng orsanStnte qd by the Rurenu of Apprenticeship and <br />to be eligible !or pprenticeship Agency (where appropriate) <br />probationary emplbytnent as nn apprentice. <br />The allowable ratio of apprentices to journeymen in any craft <br />dnuification shall not 6e greater than the ratio permitted to the <br />contractor as to his entire work force under the registered pm- <br />rotes whonis note eo treinteeeas defin dyin 129aCFR 5.2(c1 (2) or i~ <br />not registered or otherwiu employed as stated above, shall be <br />paid the wage rate determined by the Secretary of Labor for the <br />classification of work he actually performed. The contractor or <br />subcontractor will be required to furnish to the Stele highway <br />agency or to a representative of the tVage-flour Division of the <br />U.S. Department of Labor written evidence of the registration <br />endhtwa egrom and apprentices as well es the appropriate ratios <br />F tarn fezpresxd in percentage of the journeyman <br />hourly rates), (or the Brea of construction prior to using any <br />apprenlicse on the contract work. The wage rate paid ap• <br />prenticea shelf 6e not Icon than the appropriate percentage of rite <br />journeyman a rats. contained in the applicable wage determination. <br />b. Trainees, except as provided in 29 CFR 5.15, will not'be <br />permitted to work et lea then the predetermined rate {or the <br />work performed unless they ere employed punnant to and indi- <br />vidually registered in a program which has received prior ap <br />proval. evidenced by formal certification, by the U.S. Department <br />of Labor, hfnnpower Administration, Bureau of Apprenticehip <br />and Training. The recto of trainees to jottrneymnn shelf not be <br />greatsr than permitted under the plan spproveJ by the Bureau <br />of Apprenticeship end Trdning. Every trainee must hr paid at <br />aot less than the rate specified !n the approved program for his <br />isvel of progress. Any employee listed on the payroll at a trainee <br />rate who is net registered and partlcipattng in a training plan <br />aPProved by the Bureau of Apprenticeship end Training shelf be <br />paid not lea than the wage rate determined by the Secretary of <br />Labor for the classification of work he actually performed. The <br />contractor or auhnontractor will 6e required to furnish the State <br />highway agency or a representative of the tt'age-Hour Division <br />oI the U.S. Department of Labor written evidence of the certifi. <br />cation of hie program, the registration of the trainees, and the <br />+atios and wage rates prescribed in that progrsm. In the event <br />the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training withdraws approval <br />of a training program, the contractor will no longer be permitted <br />Form PR-1273 IRav. 9-751 <br />to utiliu trainees at less flan the app){table prcdetermineA rate <br />for the work performed until an acceptable program is epprmed. <br />c. The utiliration of apprentirn, trainees and journeymen <br />shall be in conformity with the equal employmtent opportuniry~ <br />requirements of Executive Order 11246, as amended, end 29 <br />CFR Part 30. <br />6 Apprentices and Trainees (Programs of Department <br />of Transportation): <br />Apprentices and trainees working under apprenticeship and <br />skirt training programs which have been certified by the Secretary <br />oI Transportation as promoting equal employment opportuniry~ in <br />connection with Federal-aid highway construction programs are <br />not subject to the requirements of Section N, paragraph 5 above. <br />The straight time hourly wage rates (or apprentice end trainees <br />under such programs wi17 he established by the particular pro- <br />grams, <br />Overtime Requirements: <br />No contractor or subcontractor contracting for any port of the <br />contract work which may require or inrolve the employment of <br />laborers, mechanics, watchmen or guards (including apprentices <br />and trainees described in paragraphs 5 and 6 above) shall require <br />or permit any laborer, mechanic, watchman or guard in any work- <br />week in which he is employed on such work, to work in excess of <br />eight hours in any calendar day or in excess of forty hours in such <br />workweek unless such laborer, mechanic, watchmen or guard re- <br />ceives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-hall times <br />his basic rate of pay for ell hours worked in excess of eight hours <br />in any calendar day or in excess of lorry hours in such workweek, <br />m the cox may be. <br />8. Violation: liahiltty for unpaid wages; liquidated <br />damages: <br />In the event o/ any violation of the clause set forth in para- <br />forc shop the ]iabl~raat arty nRe t dsem loyee for hie un Bible theca <br />In addition, each contractor and subcontractor shall be tl able o <br />the United States (in the cox of work done under contract for <br />the bistrict of Columbia or a territory, [o such District or to such <br />territory), for liquidated damages. Such liquidated damages shalt <br />be computed with respect to each individual laborer, mechanic, <br />watchman or guard employed in violation of the deux set forth <br />in paragraph 7, in the sum of g10 for each calendar day on which <br />such employee wan required or permitted to work in excess of <br />eight haves or in excess of the standard workweek of forty hours <br />without payment of the overtime wages required by the claux xt <br />forth in'paregreph 7. ' <br />9. Withholding for unpaid wages; <br />The Starr highway department contracting officer may with- <br />hold or coax to be withheld from the contractor x much of the <br />accrued payments or advances u may be considered necessary to <br />Pey laborers, mechanics (including epprenlieq and trainee) <br />watchmen, or guards employed by the contractor or any subcom <br />tractor on the work the full amount of wages required by the <br />contract. In the event of failure to pay any laborer, mechaNe, <br />(including apprentices and trainees) watchman or guard employed <br />requtredtby the ontract, the 5takohighway department hcortero <br />!ng officer may, dlee written notice to the contractor, take such <br />ncelon ss may be neceassry to cause the suepene(on of any lurther <br />paymenq advance, or guarantee of funds until such doletlone <br />have cenxtl <br />10. Withholding for liquldateld damages: <br />The State highway department contracting officer may with- <br />hold or cause to be withheld, from any moneys payabte on account <br />of work performed by the contractor or subcontrectoq each sums <br />as may administratively be determined to be necessary to mtinfy <br />any liabilities of each contractor or subcontractor for liquidated ' <br />damage ae provided in the claux xt forth insparagraph 8. <br />Page 3 <br />