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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.
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