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Part 6 - Labor Provisions• ` '-4_i i Each airport sponsor entering into a construction contract for an airport development project is required to insert in the contract the following provisions from 29 CFR 5.5 except that contracts for $2,000 or less need not contain the provisions. The Contractor shall obtain the prior written consent of the Sponsor to any proposed assignment of any interest in or part of this contract. 2. CONVICT LABOR No convict labor may be employed under this contract. i "• i. a .i kyj Whether or not payments or advances to the Sponsor are withheld or suspended by the FAA, the Sponsor may withhold or cause to be withheld from the Contractor so much of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to pay laborers and mechanics employed by the Contractor or any subcontractor on the work the full amount of wages required by this contract. If the Contractor or subcontractor fails to pay any laborer or mechanic employed or working on the site of the work any of the wages required by this contract, the Sponsor may, after written notice to the Contractor, take such action as may be necessary to cause the suspension of any further payment or advance of funds until the violations cease. 5. MINIMUM WAGES Refer to the Contract, Davis Bacon Requirements 29 CFR Part 5 The following information represents the data required to be included in contracts for the information of contractors: a. Criteria for Measuring Diligent Effort. A contractor will be deemed to have made a "diligent effort" as required by 29 CFR Part 5a(3) if, during the performance of the contract, he accomplishes at least one of the following three objectives: (1) The contractor employs on this project a number of apprentices and trainees by craft as required by the contract clauses in accordance with subparagraph b of this paragraph. (2) The contractor employs on all his public and private construction work combined in the labor market area of this project, an average number of apprentices and trainees by craft as required by the contract clauses, at least equal to the ratios established by subparagraph b of this paragraph. LABOR PROVISIONS PAGE 1 (3) Written Notice: (a) Before commencement of work on the project, the contractor if covered by a collective bargaining agreement will give written notice to all joint apprenticeship committees; the local U.S. Employment Security Office; local chapter of Urban League, Workers Defense League, or other local organization concerned with minority employment; and the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training Representative, U.S. Department of Labor, for the locality. The contractor, if not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, will give written notice to all the groups stated above except joint apprenticeship committees; the contractor will also notify all non joint apprenticeship sponsors in the labor market area. (b) The notice will include at least the contractor's name and address, the job site address, value of contract, expected starting and completion dates, the estimated average number of employees in each occupation to be employed over the duration of the contract, and a statement of his willingness to employ a number of apprentices and trainees at least equal to the ratios established by subparagraph b. (c) The contractor must employ all qualified applicants referred to him through normal channels (such as the Employment Service, the Joint Apprenticeship Committee and, where applicable, minority organizations and apprentice outreach programs that have been delegated this function) at least up to the number of such apprentices and trainees required by the applicable provisions of subparagraph b of this paragraph. b. Determination of Ratios of Apprentices or Trainees to Journey. The Secretary of Labor has determined that the applicable ratios of apprentices and trainees to journeymen in any occupation shall be as follows: (1) The Federal Aviation Administration shall insure that the contract clauses required by CFR, Part 5a are inserted in every federal or federally assisted construction contract subject thereto. For assistance programs for construction work for which the FAA does not contract directly, the FAA shall promulgate regulations and procedures necessary to insure that contracts for the construction work subject to 29 CFR, Part 5a will contain the clauses required thereby. (2) Enforcement activities, including the investigation of complaints of violation to assure compliance with the requirements of this part, shall be the primary duty of the Federal Aviation Administration. The Department of Labor will coordinate its efforts with the Federal Aviation Administration as may be necessary to assure consistent enforcement of the requirements of 29 CFR, Part 5a. Enforcement of these provisions shall be in accordance with the procedures outlined in 29 CFR, Part 5, Paragraph 5.6 These provisions shall be applicable to every invitation for bids, and to every negotiation, request for proposals, or request for quotations, for a federal or federally assisted construction contract, issued after January 30, 1982, and to every such contract entered into on the basis of such invitation or negotiation. PAGE 2 LABOR PROVISIONS No contractor or subcontractor contracting for any part of the contract work which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or permit any such laborer or mechanic, including watchmen and guards, in any workweek in which he or she is employed on such work to work in excess of forty hours in such workweek unless such laborer or mechanic receives compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty hours in such workweek. (29 CFR Part 5.5 (1)). ,I'm 1 �' '. 1 i• 1• 1 v In the event of any violation of the clause set forth in paragraph 8 above, the contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor shall be liable for the unpaid wages. In addition, such contractor and subcontractor shall be liable to the United States for liquidated damages. Such liquidated damages shall be computed with respect to each individual laborer or mechanic, including watchmen and guards, employed in violation of the clause set forth in paragraph 8 above, in the sum of $10 for each calendar day on which such individual was required or permitted to work in excess of the standard workweek of forty hours without payment of the overtime wages required by the clause set forth in paragraph 8 above. (29 CFR Part 5.5 (2)). 1 i i �' "•'i i � 1• / i• The Federal Aviation Administration or the Sponsor shall upon its own action or upon written request of an authorized representative of the Department of Labor withhold or cause to be withheld, from any monies payable on account of work performed by the contractor or subcontractor under any such contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime contractor, or any other Federally -assisted contract subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, which is held by the same prime contractor, such sums as may be determined to be necessary to satisfy any liabilities of such contractor or subcontractor for unpaid wages and liquidated damages as provided in the clause set forth in paragraph 9 above. (29 CFR Part 5.5 (3)). The contractor or subcontractor shall insert in any subcontracts the clauses set forth in paragraphs 8 through 11 and also a clause requiring the subcontractor to include these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts. The prime contractor shall be responsible for compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with the clauses set forth in paragraphs 8 through 11 of this section (29 CFR Part 5.5 (4)). F.•41IRPORTSKALISPELL CITY-2003WORTH END SURFACING surfacing-specAUBOR.doc (11104) LABOR PROVISIONS PAGE 3