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The compliance library
The rules, in plain English and cited to the statute.
Prevailing-wage compliance is unforgiving because the rules are specific. These are the ones that decide whether a public-works payment clears. Written to be useful to the people who have to get them right.
The weekly eCPR deadline, and what actually withholds your payment
How California certified payroll works under Labor Code §1771 and SB 854, when it is due, and the specific errors that let an awarding body hold your money.
Read the guidePrevailing wage vs. Davis-Bacon: which set of rules applies
State (DIR) and federal (Davis-Bacon) prevailing wage overlap, differ, and sometimes both apply to the same project. How to tell which determination and which forms govern your job.
Read the guideThe 5× multiplier: prevailing wage & apprenticeship for energy credits
The Inflation Reduction Act ties the full clean-energy tax credit to prevailing-wage and apprenticeship compliance. What that means for a developer, and what happens if you miss it.
Read the guideSend your last certified payroll for a free audit
We return a dollar-quantified read of anything that could hold a payment or trigger a penalty. No obligation, no tool switch.
Request a free auditWould your last filing survive an audit?
Most compliance errors are invisible on a read and surface months later as withheld money. Find out before the awarding body does.
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