DOL Announces 2024 Increased Health & Welfare Rates for SCA-Covered Contracts

The Department of Labor has announced the following fringe benefit (Health & Welfare) rate increases for SCA-covered contracts:  Effective July 16, 2024, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will post the... Read More

July 17, 2024
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DOL Increases Hourly Minimum Wage to $17.20 for Federal Contractors Starting January 1, 2024

The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued notice increasing the minimum wage for service and construction workers doing work on federal projects. Beginning... Read More

October 10, 2023
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DOL Announces 2023 Increased Health & Welfare Rates for SCA-Covered Contracts

The Department of Labor has announced the following fringe benefit (Health & Welfare) rate increases for SCA-covered contracts:  Effective June 27, 2023, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will post the... Read More

June 30, 2023
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The Service Contract Act and its Importance to Federal Contracting Brokers

The Service Contract Act (SCA) is a federal labor law that applies to certain service contracts entered into by the federal government. It requires contractors and subcontractors to provide certain... Read More

June 7, 2023
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DOL Announces 2022 Increased Health & Welfare Rates for SCA-Covered Contracts

The Department of Labor has announced the following fringe benefit (Health & Welfare) rate increases for SCA-covered contracts:   Effective June 23, 2022, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will post... Read More

June 27, 2022
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US DOL ANNOUNCES PLANS TO HIRE 100 INVESTIGATORS TO SUPPORT WAGE AND HOUR INVESTIGATIONS

The U.S. Department of Labor announced plans to add 100 investigators to its Wage and Hour (W&H) Division team to support its enforcement efforts to protect workers on federal contracts.  The... Read More

March 1, 2022
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