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Wage Determinations Online is moving to beta.sam.gov on June 13, 2019

May 24, 2019 By Andrew Smith

The Integrated Award Environment has received approval from The Award Committee for E-Government and the Procurement Committee for E-Government to proceed with the plan to decommission Wage Determinations OnLine (WDOL.gov) on June 13, 2019.  Wage Determinations OnLine will migrate its functionality and data into the new beta.SAM.gov.  After June 13th, beta.SAM.gov will become the authoritative (or official) source for wage determinations.

To prepare for this decommission, we advise you to make note of your current WDOL.gov saved wage determination numbers so that you can re-subscribe in beta.SAM.gov.  Your current wage determination numbers will not migrate automatically to beta.SAM.gov.  When you log into your account on beta.SAM.gov, you can use a function called “follow” to resubscribe to your wage determinations and receive alerts when changes occur.  For detail steps on how to re-subscribe to your wage determination numbers in beta.SAM.gov please see this article.

To learn more about new Wage Determination functionality on beta.SAM.gov, please view the training video here.

Filed Under: Contracting Tips Tagged With: beta.SAM.gov, SAM, wage determinations

Executive Orders unfairly used to force ideals, contractors say

December 21, 2015 By Andrew Smith

President Barack Obama took office in 2009 promising to regulate only when necessary, but federal contractors say he is using regulation now to promote his social agenda.

EEAC“There is, I think, a long history of trying to enact change, policy you can’t get through Congress, by looking to federal contractors first,” said Michael Eastman, vice president of public policy at the Equal Employment Advisory Council (EEAC), which represents federal contractors.

Case in point is the president’s Executive Order No. 13,673 on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. The order, signed on July 31, 2014, is intended to ensure contractors comply with 14 federal labor laws or equivalent state laws.

The proposed regulation implementing the order cites three studies as proof that federal contractors need better incentives to comply with labor laws. The research found a total of 104 federal contractors with egregious violations over the past decade, or about 0.4 percent of 24,000 federal contractors nationwide.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.bna.com/executive-orders-unfairly-n57982064078/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: DOL, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Executive Order, Fair Labor Standards Act, FAR, labor laws, labor violations, wage determinations

Lawmakers, contractors divided over executive orders

August 15, 2014 By ei2admin

President Obama’s executive order cracking down on federal contractors who have violated labor laws have divided lawmakers, federal employee groups and contractors over how effective it will be in deterring abuses.

President Obama signed an executive order July 31 requiring federal contractors to disclose any labor law violations and for agencies to take that into account when awarding contracts.

The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order affects contracts valued at more than $500,000 and will be implemented in stages during 2016, according to the administration.

The executive order also provides a range of rules and guidance for agencies and contractors.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20140805/ACQ/308050020/Lawmakers-contractors-divided-over-executive-orders

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: DOL, Executive Order, labor laws, PSC, safety, wage determinations

Contractors affected by recent hikes in Service Contract Act’s health & welfare rates must file timely claims

August 5, 2014 By ei2admin

On federal contracts subject to the Service Contract Act, the prevailing health and welfare (H&W) fringe benefit rate was increased, effective July 22, 2014, to $4.02 per hour.  (One exception: The new benefit rate in Hawaii is $1.66.)

The new H&W rate applies to all invitation for bids opened, or other service contracts awarded on or after July 22, 2014.

Contracting offices are to include a new wage determination reflecting the new H&W rate to trigger the contractor’s obligation to pay the higher H&W rate. Contracting offices may make “pen and ink” changes to the current wage determinations received for contracts beginning on or after July 22, 2014 and for which the updated rates were not included.

Once the contracting authority provides a new wage determination, contractors must submit — within 30 days of the change — any claim for an equitable adjustment as a result of increased costs attributable to wage determination rate changes.

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: claim, DOL, EPA, equitable adjustment, health & welfare, SCA, Service Contract Act, wage determinations

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