Administration and Enforcement of the Davis-Bacon Act in Two Navy-Funded Projects

The Department of Labor and Federal contracting agencies' administration and enforcement of the minimum wage provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act were reviewed at two Jacksonville, Florida, housing construction projects funded by the Department of the Navy.

The Resident Officer in Charge of Construction (ROICC), Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, was responsible for the enforcement of wage standards, but his enforcement efforts were not fully effective. Noncompliance was identified in misclassification of employees, lack of interviews with workers, ratio of apprentices to journeymen, certified payrolls not timely submitted, wage determination not prominently posted at worksite, underpayments, and overtime not paid. The review of the ROICC office disclosed that no formal training on labor standards was given to construction representatives, and that enforcement of the standards had a lower priority than other duties assigned the construction representatives.

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