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Local Assistance Procedures Manual <br />EXHIBIT "C" <br />Exhibit 12-G <br />d. Apprentices and Trainees (programs of the U.S. DOT). <br />Apprentices and trainees working under apprenticeship and skill <br />training programs which have been certified by the Secretary of <br />Transportation as promoting EEO in connection with Federal -aid <br />highway construction programs are not subject to the requirements <br />of paragraph 4 of this Section IV. 23 CFR 230.111(e)(2). The <br />straight time hourly wage rates for apprentices and trainees under <br />such programs will be established by the particular programs. The <br />ratio of apprentices and trainees to journeymen shall not be greater <br />than permitted by the terms of the particular program. <br />6. Compliance with Copeland Act requirements. The contractor <br />shall comply with the requirements of 29 CFR part 3, which are <br />incorporated by reference in this contract as provided in 29 CFR 5.5. <br />6. Subcontracts. The contractor or subcontractor shall insert Forrr <br />FHWA-1273 in any subcontracts and also require the <br />subcontractors to include Form FHWA-1273 in any lower tier <br />subcontracts. The prime contractor shall be responsible for the <br />compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier subcontractor with all <br />the contract clauses in 29 CFR 5.5. <br />7. Contract termination: debarment. A breach of the contract <br />clauses in 29 CFR 5.5 may be grounds for termination of the <br />contract, and for debarment as a contractor and a subcontractor as <br />provided in 29 CFR 5.12. <br />8. Compliance with Davis -Bacon and Related Act <br />requirements. All rulings and interpretations of the Davis -Bacon <br />and Related Acts contained in 29 CFR parts 1, 3, and 5 are herein <br />incorporated by reference in this contract as provided in 29 CFR 5.5. <br />9. Disputes concerning labor standards. As provided in 29 CFR <br />5.5, disputes arising out of the labor standards provisions of this <br />contract shall not be subject to the general disputes clause of this <br />contract. Such disputes shall be resolved in accordance with the <br />procedures of the Department of Labor set forth in 29 CFR parts 5, <br />6, and 7. Disputes within the meaning of this clause include disputes <br />between the contractor (or any of its subcontractors) and the <br />contracting agency, the U.S. Department of Labor, or the employees <br />or their representatives. <br />10. Certification of eligibility (29 CFR 5.5) <br />a. By entering into this contract, the contractor certifies that <br />neither it (nor he or she) nor any person or firm who has an interest <br />in the contractor's firm is a person or firm ineligible to be awarded <br />Government contracts by virtue of section 3(a) of the Davis -Bacon <br />Act or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1). <br />b. No part of this contract shall be subcontracted to any person or <br />firm ineligible for award of a Government contract by virtue of <br />section 3(a) of the Davis -Bacon Act or 29 CFR 5.12(a)(1). <br />c. The penalty for making false statements is prescribed in the <br />U.S. Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. 1001. <br />Required Federal -Aid Contract Language <br />V. CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT <br />Pursuant to 29 CFR 5.5(b), the following clauses apply to any <br />Federal -aid construction contract in an amount in excess of $100,000 <br />and subject to the overtime provisions of the Contract Work Hours <br />and Safety Standards Act. These clauses shall be inserted in addition <br />to the clauses required by 29 CFR 5.5(a) or 29 CFR 4.6. As used in <br />this paragraph, the terms laborers and mechanics include watchmen <br />and guards. <br />1. Overtime requirements. No contractor or subcontractor <br />contracting for any part of the contract work which may require or <br />involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall require or <br />permit any such laborer or mechanic in any workweek in which he or <br />she is employed on such work to work in excess of forty hours in such <br />workweek unless such laborer or mechanic receives compensation at <br />a rate not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for all <br />hours worked in excess of forty hours in such workweek. 29 CFR 5.5. <br />2. Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages. In the <br />event of any violation of the clause set forth in paragraph 1 of this <br />section, the contractor and any subcontractor responsible therefor <br />shall be liable for the unpaid wages. In addition, such contractor and <br />subcontractor shall be liable to the United States (in the case of work <br />done under contract for the District of Columbia or a territory, to such <br />District or to such territory), for liquidated damages. Such liquidated <br />damages shall be computed with respect to each individual laborer or <br />mechanic, including watchmen and guards, employed in violation of <br />the clause set forth in paragraph 1 of this section, in the sum currently <br />provided in 29 CFR 5.5(b)(2)' for each calendar day on which such <br />individual was required or permitted to work in excess of the standard <br />workweek of forty hours without payment of the overtime wages <br />required by the clause set forth in paragraph 1 of this section. 29 CFR <br />5.5. <br />" $27 as of January 23, 2019 (See 84 FR 213-01, 218) as may be <br />adjusted annually by the Department of Labor; pursuant to the <br />Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990). <br />3. Withholding for unpaid wages and liquidated damages. The <br />FHWA or the contacting agency shall upon its own action or upon <br />written request of an authorized representative of the Department of <br />Labor withhold or cause to be withheld, from any moneys payable on <br />account of work performed by the contractor or subcontractor under <br />any such contract or any other Federal contract with the same prime <br />contractor, or any other federally -assisted contract subject to the <br />Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, which is held by the <br />same prime contractor, such sums as may be determined to be <br />necessary to satisfy any liabilities of such contractor or subcontractor <br />for unpaid wages and liquidated damages as provided in the clause <br />set forth in paragraph 2 of this section. 29 CFR 5.5. <br />4. Subcontracts. The contractor or subcontractor shall insert in any <br />subcontracts the clauses set forth in paragraphs 1 through 4 of this <br />section and also a clause requiring the subcontractors to include <br />these clauses in any lower tier subcontracts. The prime contractor <br />shall be responsible for compliance by any subcontractor or lower tier <br />subcontractor with the clauses set forth in paragraphs 1 through 4 of <br />this section. 29 CFR 5.5. <br />Page 16 of 28 <br />August 2022 <br />