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DFARS 222.406-13 Semiannual enforcement reports.

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In plain English

This section tells contracting activities to send semiannual enforcement reports through the head of the contracting activity to the labor advisor within 15 days after the reporting period ends. The reports must exclude Department of Labor investigation information and must include specified data about construction work covered by the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute and the CWSS statute.

Applies to: Contracting activities handling construction work subject to the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute and the CWSS statute

What it requires

  • Forward the reports through the head of the contracting activity to the labor advisor within 15 days following the end of the reporting period
  • Do not include information from investigations conducted by the Department of Labor
  • Include the listed information, as applicable, for the covered construction work

Key terms: Semiannual enforcement reports · head of the contracting activity · labor advisor · Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute · CWSS statute

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The text

Forward these reports through the head of the contracting activity to the labor advisor within 15 days following the end of the reporting period. These reports shall not include information from investigations conducted by the Department of Labor. These reports shall contain the following information, as applicable, for construction work subject to the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute and the CWSS statute—

(1) Period covered;

(2) Number of prime contracts awarded;

(3) Total dollar amount of prime contracts awarded;

(4) Number of contractors/subcontractors against whom complaints were received;

(5) Number of investigations conducted;

(6) Number of contractors/subcontractors found in violation;

(7) Amount of wage restitution found due under—

(i) Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute; and

(ii) CWSS statute;

(8) Number of employees due wage restitution under—

(i) Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute; and

(ii) CWHSS statute;

(9) Amount of liquidated damages assessed under the CWSS statute—

(i) Total amount; and

(ii) Number of contracts involved;

(10) Number of employees and amount paid/withheld under—

(i) Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute;

(ii) CWSS statute;

(iii) Copeland Act; and

(11) Preconstruction activities—

(i) Number of compliance checks performed

(ii) Preconstruction letters sent.

← 222.406-10 Disposition of disputes concerning construction contract labor standards enforcement. · 222.604 Exemptions. →

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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