California to Create Online Database of Electronic Certified Payroll Records for Public Works Construction Accessible to Joint Labor-Management Trust Funds and Committees (SB 954)

Under existing law, contractors on public works projects must pay their construction worker employees the prevailing wage for the appropriate classification of work.  Contractors are also required to provide electronic certified payroll records that reflect this correct payment to the Labor Commissioner on a monthly basis, per California Labor Code §§ 1771.4 and 1776 (“eCPRs”).  Such eCPRs are currently available on the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) website via a searchable database.

Senate Bill 954 requires the DIR to establish a new online database of eCPRs that is accessible to multi-employer Taft-Hartley trust funds, which are jointly trusteed by labor and management, and joint labor-management committees established pursuant to the federal Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978, commonly known as “LMCCs.”  These trust funds and LMCCs often play a role in ensuring compliance with prevailing wage and other applicable labor standards.  

SB 954 will ensure streamlined access to public works eCPRs for compliance oversight by joint labor-management committees and Taft-Hartley trust funds. 

For more information, please contact your labor law counsel.