Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs - Building Homes and Strengthening Communities

Davis-Bacon Labor Standards

HUD-Community Planning & Development (CPD) Programs

Certain projects funded by HUD must comply with Fair Labor Standards. The Department of Labor (DOL.gov) has published rules and regulations concerning Davis-Bacon and other labor laws in the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act (DOL.gov). These regulations ensure that mechanics and laborers employed by construction work under federally-assisted contracts are paid wages and fringe benefits equal to those that prevail in the locality where the work is performed. Davis-Bacon wage rates apply to HUD-funded projects because of labor provisions contained in Federal Labor Standards Requirements in Housing and Community Development Programs (HUD.gov) such as the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, the National Housing Act, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.

Davis-Bacon and Related Acts

Covered HUD-Community Planning & Development (CPD) Programs

TDHCA Davis-Bacon Compliance Mandates for Subrecipients

These compliance procedures apply to all HUD-funded projects.

  • Labor Standards Officer (LSO) – Project owner must appoint an individual responsible for administrative and on-site labor standards compliance. An LSO must not be an employee of or paid by the contracted construction company.
  • Preconstruction Conference – Project LSO, prime contractor and owner or owner representative must participate in TDHCA-sponsored discussion about labor standards
  • Notice to Proceed – TDHCA issues this to subrecipient, owner or owner representative upon receiving all required documentation, to enforce Davis-Bacon prevailing wage mandates and to authorize rehab or construction work to begin.

Labor Standards CWHSSA Liquidated Damages

Penalty increases for failure to pay overtime wage rate.  The change affects the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA) under The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act enacted in 2015. The law allows adjustments for inflation each year in January.

CWHSSA (29 CFR 5.8) falls under the umbrella of the Davis Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) labor laws that apply to TDHCA federally funded projects that are subject to comply with DBRA.

The CWHSSA “liquidated damages” penalizes employers for failing to pay laborers and mechanics overtime hours (exceeding 40 per week), at a rate not less than one and one-half times their basic rate. Agencies across the federal government must adjust penalties for inflation each year. For more information on the penalty adjustments that occur annually each January under this statute, please go to https://www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts/cwhssa.htm.

Federal Agency Support

TDHCA Resources

Pre-Construction Guide Exhibits
Exhibit # Document Link Source Index
1 Construction Contract Required Federal Labor Provisions
(HUD-4010) - Federal Labor Standards Provisions (PDF)
Federal Labor Standard Provisions (HUD 4010) is located at Labor Standards and Related Forms | HUD.gov
2

Payroll WH-347 Payroll
(PDF - www.dol.gov)


DOL WH-347 Instructions
(www.dol.gov)

Additional Payroll Forms

Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)
3 Davis-Bacon Poster (Government Construction) https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta
4 EMPLOYEE RIGHTS poster (English) (PDF – https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/
WHD/legacy/files/fedprojc.pdf)

EMPLOYEE RIGHTS poster (Spanish) (PDF – https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/
WHD/legacy/files/davispan.pdf )
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters
4b EMPLOYEE RIGHTS under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
poster, State & Local Government Employees
(PDF - https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/
WHD/legacy/files/wh1385State.pdf)
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters
5 Notice to Proceed [SAMPLE] (PDF)  
6 System for Award Management (SAM) Search for excluded parties (SAM.gov/SAM/) SAM.gov
7 Request for Authorization of Additional Classification and Wage Rate Request – Standard Form SF-1444 form Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov)
8a Record of Employee Interview (HUD-11)
Historial de Entrevista del Empleado
Record of Interview – HUD 11 Form
8b Consent to Voluntarily Disclose Confidential Wage-Earner Information (PDF)

Consentimiento para Divulgar Voluntariamente Información Confidencial del Asalariado (PDF)
 
9 Payroll WH-347 Review CPD (XLS)  
10 Liquidated Damages Notice to Assess (PDF)  
11 Liquidated Damages Remittance Form (DOC)  
12 Liquidated Damages Summary (PDF)  
13 Final Wage Compliance Report (DOC form)  
14 Appointment of Labor Standards Officer (PDF)  
15 Residential Construction Classifications

On the following site, choose "Selecting DBA WDs" (i.e. "Davis-Bacon Act Wage Decisions"), enter the state, county, and "RESIDENTIAL" (for construction type) if project has four stories or fewer. https://sam.gov/content/wage-determinations

Taller structures, considered "commercial" – although containing apartments, will use "BUILDING" for Construction Type.

16 Certificate from Owner Appointing Employee Pay Supervisor (DOC)  
17 Fact Sheet #23: Overtime Pay Requirements of the FLSA (PDF - www.dol.gov) Wage & Hour Division - Overtime Pay
(www.dol.gov/whd/overtime_pay.htm)
18 DOL Regional Offices of Apprenticeship (www.doleta.gov) https://www.doleta.gov/OA/regdirlist.cfm
19 HUD Davis-Bacon posters https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/posters
20 Davis Bacon and Labor Standards Agency
Contractor Guide and Contractor Addendum
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/
davis_bacon_and_labor_standards/OLRLibrary