Certified payroll without the Friday scramble.
Prevailing wage, union rates, and job costing handled in the same run as everyone else.
- CERTIFIED PAYROLL
- WH-347 ready
- RATES
- Prevailing + union
- JOB COSTING
- By project
- COMP
- Class codes per employee
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- 01
Prevailing wage
Rates by job and classification.
- 02
Union fringes
Calculated and reported.
- 03
Field clock-in
Geofenced by site.
- 04
Pay-as-you-go comp
Via Worklio Insurance.
WHERE IT GOES WRONG
Certified payroll every week.
On a federal prevailing wage job, you submit a certified payroll for every week of covered work: Form WH-347, or the same information in another format, with a signed Statement of Compliance. A false certification can lead to civil or criminal prosecution.
How Worklio handles itReports are WH-347 ready, and job segments feed them from the same run. You still review and sign each one. Union, prevailing wage, and certified payroll is available as an add-on to any plan.
Explore union + certified payrollPrevailing wage and fringe.
Each classification on a wage determination has a basic hourly rate and a fringe amount. Fringe can go to bona fide plans, be paid in cash, or both, and overtime is figured on the basic rate only.
How Worklio handles itPrevailing wage by job and classification, with fringe benefits calculated as cash or plan contributions.
Crews across jobs and classifications.
One worker can cover two classifications on two jobs in a week. Each classification's rate applies only if your records show the hours worked in each.
How Worklio handles itHours allocated to projects and cost codes at clock-in, field clock-in geofenced by site, and multi-state reciprocity handled automatically.
Workers' comp by class code.
A crew that moves between trades moves between comp class codes, and each code carries its own rate.
How Worklio handles itComp class codes per employee, and pay-as-you-go comp via Worklio Insurance, billed per payroll.
Union crews and their funds.
Union crews bring fringe funds, dues, and remittance by local.
How Worklio handles itUnion fringes calculated and reported, and union dues and benefit packages with deductions and remittance reports by local. Union, prevailing wage, and certified payroll is available as an add-on to any plan.
Explore union + certified payroll
WHAT TO HAVE ON FILE
- 01The wage determination for each job. The rates for every classification you use, with each modification that applies to the contract.
- 02A certified payroll for each week of covered work. Form WH-347 or the same information, with a signed Statement of Compliance.
- 03Fringe credit per hour. Plan contributions credited per hour across all hours worked, public and private, unless an exception applies, with a record of each contribution.
- 04Apprentices registered and within ratio. Anyone paid an apprentice rate who is not registered, or is over the allowed ratio, is owed the journeyworker rate.
- 05Records kept 3 years. Payroll records and certified payrolls kept for 3 years after all work on the prime contract is complete.
- 06Form I-9 and the new-hire report. I-9 Section 2 by the third business day after the first day of work, or by the end of the first day when the job lasts less than three business days; the new-hire report within 20 days, or sooner where the state requires.
WORK IT OUT
- CALCULATORPrevailing wageBasic rate and fringe, paid in cash or to plans.
- GLOSSARYCertified payrollWhat a weekly WH-347 holds, and who signs it.
- CALCULATORWeighted average overtime rateOvertime for a week at two rates.
- GLOSSARYLabor burdenTaxes, comp, and benefits on top of wages.
- CALCULATORCost of an employeeWhat one field employee costs a year.
- GLOSSARYJob costing (labor allocation)Hours and pay coded to job and cost code.
- WORKLIO INSURANCEWorkers' compPay-as-you-go comp, billed per payroll.
Calculators follow federal rules only; state law can differ.
QUESTIONS
Sources: 29 CFR 5.5; 29 CFR 5.31; 29 CFR 5.25; 29 CFR 5.32; 40 U.S.C. 3702; 8 CFR 274a.2; 42 U.S.C. 653a. General information, not legal or tax advice.
CONSTRUCTION PAYROLL LIBRARY
Payroll by trade
Prevailing wage
Each state's law, threshold, agency and certified payroll rules, with sources.
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A planned go-live, with parallel runs first.
- 01Discovery + design. We map entities, pay rules, deductions, and integrations.
- 02Data + configuration. YTD wages, tax accounts, benefits, and GL mapping loaded and tested.
- 03Parallel runs. One or more payrolls run beside your current provider and matched to the cent.
- 04Go live. Usually at a quarter or year start. Employees invited, your team trained.
KEY TERMS · FROM THE GLOSSARY
Browse the glossary- Certified payrollCertified payroll is the weekly payroll report you submit on a federal public works project to prove you paid each employee the required prevailing wage.
- Prevailing wagePrevailing wage is the minimum hourly rate and fringe benefits a government agency sets for each job classification on covered public contracts.
- Union payrollUnion payroll is payroll run under one or more collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), whose negotiated terms replace your ordinary pay rules for the covered classifications.
- Job costing (labor allocation)Job costing, also called labor allocation, is coding hours and pay to the job, project, client, location, department, or cost code where the work happened.
- Weighted average overtime rateThe weighted average overtime rate is the federal regular rate for a week at two or more pay rates: straight-time earnings divided by hours worked.
- Regular rate of payRegular rate of pay is the rate federal overtime is built on, found by dividing a workweek’s total includable earnings by the hours actually worked.
- PAYROLL AND TAXES PAID
- $35+ Billion
- ACH TRANSACTIONS
- 23+ Million
- W-2S / 1099S PROCESSED
- 4.3+ Million
- EMPLOYEES PAID
- 2.8+ Million
