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Application of Wage Rates Prescribed in the Davis-Bacon Act to Work Performed off Construction Sites

B-185020: May 9, 1978

This document discusses the position of GAO regarding wage rates prescribed in the Davis-Bacon Act. Specifically, GAO determined that the wage rates did not apply to work performed off the site of construction whether by contractors, subcontractors or materialmen, even though performed in the immediate community, regardless of the fact that the work might be performed on a project operated exclusi...

Review of Department of Labor Wage Appeals Board Decision re "On-Site Work" under Davis-Bacon Act

B-185020: Dec 22, 1976

GAO was requested to review the decision that workers were covered by labor standards of the Davis-Bacon Act. GAO authority superseded the Department of Labor's interpretation of on-site work in the Davis-Bacon Act, and considered workers not to be on-site laborers. Funds withheld should be released...
Wage Rate Coverage of Offsite Work Under Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, as Amended

B-185020: Dec 28, 1978

Complainants requested a legal opinion as to whether wage rates determined by the Secretary of Labor were correctly applied to offsite work performed in connection with construction on Federal-aid highway projects. As legislative history indicates Congressional intention to limit application of wage rates to the specific site of construction and to exclude nearby material source sites; the Departm...