Labor Compliance 2014

1. Labor Compliance 2014 Jay Jerde Labor Compliance Team Leader (608) 267-7354 jay.jerde@dot.wi.gov

2. Labor Compliance 2014 Outline • Payroll Clear Date Lean Goals • Who Will Help Meet Those Goals? • Labor Compliance Basics

3. Payroll Clear Date Lean Goals DTSD’s response to Governor’s Lean Initiative

4. DTSD Payroll Clear Date Goals • Lean Initiative • Governor Walker’s Executive Order #66 • DTSD: Let Project Closeout Process • Use of Lean to improve performance • Data gathering • Process mapping • Finding where the process can be streamlined • Goal setting

5. Payroll Clear Date Experience • During 2011 and 2012: • 45% of regional projects had a payroll clear date lead time that exceeded 6 months. • 28% of regional projects had a payroll clear date lead time of 3 to 6 months. • Probably more than 50% of all regional projects exceeded the 6 month closeout lead time goal due to delays in payroll clear dates.

6. New process: 16 days from Substantially Completed until contractor is e-mailed a list of issues.

7. New process: 44 days to notify and resolve issues with contractor and issue payroll clear date.

8. Lean Goals • 45% of non-megaprojects have closeout in 180 days after substantially complete. • 60% of non-megaprojects have payroll clear date in 60 days after substantially complete.

9. Weekly Payroll Review • Identifies and speeds resolution of labor compliance issues during construction • Eliminates payroll clear date as significant contributing factor for not closing out projects within 6 months for Substantially Complete

10. Who will help meet these goals? Your Regional or Megaproject Labor Compliance Coordinator/Equal Rights Officer (ERO)

11. EROs Are Key Players for Timely Payroll Clear Dates ERO Duty Result • Describe labor compliance requirements at precons • Approve sublets • Review certified payrolls for compliance • Conduct wage interviews • Investigate wage claims • Resolve payroll issues to issue payroll clear date • Alerts contractors of labor compliance requirements • Timely project start • Find labor compliance problems early • Find labor compliance issues • Resolve wage claims • The more issues resolved earlier, the easier payroll clear date becomes

12. Know Your ERO North Central – Wisconsin Rapids • Adrienne Miller Northeast – Green Bay • Jason Johnson • Teresa Rademacher (U.S. 41) • Lisa Gray (U.S. 41) Northwest – Superior • Laurie Dolsen • Amanda Redinger Southeast – Waukesha • Natalia Vega (Lead) • Ben Andersen • Laurie Nelson • Margaret Powers (Marquette, N/S, Zoo) • Janice Sindic (Zoo Interchange)  Southwest – Madison and La Crosse • Tim Alston (Madison) • Deb Hoeth (La Crosse) I-39 Megaproject – Edgerton • Julie Harkinson • Diane Zimmer Aeronautics – Madison • Shannon Clary • Julie Harkinson Watch for updates at http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/about/contacts/eeo.htm

13. Labor Compliance Basics Prevailing Wage in General Prevailing Wage for Trucking Job Site Boards

14. What Is Prevailing Wage? Prevailing Wage = Basic Hourly Rate + Fringe Benefits • As established by U.S. Department of Labor and Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development • For the applicable classification • Fringe Benefits may be in • Cash • Approved private or union fund

16. Required Job Site Boards • FHWA-1273 requires job site boards. • Contractors are required to maintain job site board with all applicable posters on the job site at conspicuous location. • What posters are required? • See FHWA Web Site at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/contracts/poster.cfm . • Ask your ERO.

17. This is a good job site board

18. This is not a job site board

20. Labor Compliance 2014 Questions?