Contractor/Employer Compliance Assistance

Contact: Wage and Hour Program 517.322.1825

Agency: Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• Determining Fringe Benefit Credit an employer can apply a fringe benefit credit towards the total prevailing wage rate due an employee.  The informational sheet  WHD-9917 General Information Regarding Fringe Benefits , provides information on which fringe benefits are allowed and how to calculate the fringe benefit credit.
  
  
• Informational sheet WHD-9918 Requirements of the Prevailing Wages on State Projects Act, Public Act 166 of 1965, as amended
  
  
• Download the Prevailing Wages on State Projects, Public Act 166 of 1965, as amended    
  
  
• Contracts that require the payment of rates established by the federal  Davis Bacon Act  are not covered by the Michigan Prevailing Wages on State Projects, Public Act 166 of 1965, as amended.  Questions regarding the federal Davis Bacon Act can be directed to the United States Department of Labor at 1-866-4-USWAGE (1-866-487-9243), or you can visit their web site at www.dol.gov .

• The United States Department of Labor, Wage Hour Division (USWHD) has released guidance MEMORANDUM NO. 207 concerning implementation of Section 1606 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which provides for application of Davis-Bacon labor standards to certain Federal and federally-assisted construction work funded in whole or in part under provisions of ARRA. In addition, USWHD has launched a new Web page,  http://www.dol.gov/whd/recovery/index.htm , with ARRA-related compliance information.