What are the requirements for overtime on Davis-Bacon Act covered work?
The Contract Works House and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA), which covers most federal construction contracts, requires laborers and mechanics to be paid at one and one-half times their basic rate of pay for hours worked on covered contracts in excess of 40 in a week. Fringe benefits must also be paid for house in excess of 40 in a week but they are paid at the straight rate not at time and a half.
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