Construction Prevailing Wage & DIR Checklist
California Contractors — Public Works Pay, Apprenticeship, and Wage-Hour Controls
Checklist for California construction employers covering prevailing wage / DIR certified payroll, apprenticeship, meal/rest on jobsites, and multi-employer wage-hour coordination.
Jobsite pay compliance is a documentation sport
Public works prevailing wage, DIR reporting, apprenticeship ratios, and multi-employer sites create parallel compliance stacks on top of ordinary California meal/rest and overtime rules. This checklist helps contractors organize the file before an audit or claim.
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- Prevailing wage / certified payroll prompts
- Apprenticeship and classification checks
- Jobsite meal/rest and travel time prompts
- Subcontractor coordination reminders
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Prevailing Wage & DIR
- Public works projects correctly identified and bid with prevailing wage assumptions
- Correct DIR wage determinations applied by craft and locality
- Certified payroll submitted on required cadence with supporting fringe documentation
- Apprenticeship requirements tracked (ratios, DAS, training fund contributions where required)
- Classification of workers matches actual work performed (not title-only)
Jobsite Wage-Hour & Coordination
- Meal/rest practices workable across varying jobsite schedules
- Travel / reporting time and tool/load-out practices reviewed for compensability
- Overtime and double-time rules applied for California construction schedules
- Subcontractor / staffing arrangements clarify who pays and who keeps records
- Final pay process works for short-notice layoffs between projects
- Injury reporting and safety orientation documented per site