OAR 839-025-0010
Payroll and Certified Statement Requirements
(1)
The form required by ORS 279C.845 (Certified statements regarding payment of prevailing rates of wage) is the Payroll and Certified Statement form, WH-38. This form must accurately and completely set out the contractor’s or subcontractor’s payroll records, including the name and address of each worker, the worker’s correct classification, rate of pay, daily and weekly number of hours worked and the gross wages the worker earned each week during which the contractor or subcontractor employs a worker upon a public works project.(2)
The contractor or subcontractor may submit the weekly payroll on the WH-38 form or may use a similar form providing such form contains all the elements of the WH-38 form. When submitting the weekly payroll on a form other than WH-38, the contractor or subcontractor must attach the certified statement contained on the WH-38 form to the payroll forms submitted.(3)
Each Payroll and Certified Statement form must be submitted by the contractor or subcontractor to the public agency by the fifth business day of each month following a month in which workers were employed upon a public works project.(4)
The Payroll and Certified Statement forms received by the public agency are public records subject to the provisions of ORS 192.410 to 192.505. As such, they must be made available upon request. Pursuant to ORS 279C.845 (Certified statements regarding payment of prevailing rates of wage)(4), information submitted on certified statements may be used only to ensure compliance with the provisions of ORS 279C.800 (Definitions for ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870) through 279C.870 (Civil action to enforce payment of prevailing rates of wage).(5)
If the contractor fails to submit its payroll and certified statement forms to the public agency as required by subsection (3) of this rule, the public agency must retain 25 percent of any amount earned by the contractor until the contractor has submitted the required payroll and certified statements to the public agency.(a)
The amount to be retained shall be calculated at 25 percent of the unpaid amount earned by the contractor at the time each payroll and certified statement are due. For example, if the contractor fails to submit its payroll and certified statement by the fifth of the month and the contractor earned $100,000 in the period since its last payroll and certified statement were submitted to the public agency, the public agency must retain 25 percent of $100,000 ($25,000), until such time as the required payroll and certified statement are submitted.(b)
When calculating the amount to be retained, amounts previously retained shall not be included as amounts earned by the contractor.(c)
Once the required payroll and certified statement have been submitted to the public agency, the public agency must pay the amount retained to the contractor within 14 days.(6)
If a first-tier subcontractor fails to submit a payroll and certified statement form to the public agency as required by subsection (3) of this rule, the contractor must retain 25 percent of any amount earned by the first-tier subcontractor until the first-tier subcontractor has submitted the required payroll and certified statements to the public agency.(a)
The amount to be retained shall be calculated at 25 percent of the unpaid amount earned by the first-tier subcontractor at the time each payroll and certified statement are due. For example, if the first-tier subcontractor fails to submit the payroll and certified statement by the fifth of the month and the first-tier subcontractor earned $100,000 in the period since the last payroll and certified statement were submitted to the public agency, the contractor must retain 25 percent of $100,000 ($25,000), until such time as the required payroll and certified statement are submitted.(b)
When calculating the amount to be retained, amounts previously retained shall not be included as amounts earned by the first-tier subcontractor.(c)
The contractor must verify that the first-tier subcontractor has filed the required payroll and certified statement(s) with the public agency before the contractor may pay the first-tier subcontractor any amount retained under this section.(d)
Once the first-tier subcontractor has filed the required payroll and certified statement with the public agency, the contractor must pay the amount retained to the first-tier subcontractor within 14 days.(7)
Notwithstanding ORS 279C.555 (Withholding of retainage) or 279C.570 (Prompt payment policy)(7), amounts retained pursuant to the provisions of this rule shall be in addition to any other amounts retained.(8)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
If a project is a public works of the type described in ORS 279C.800 (Definitions for ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870)(6)(a)(B), and no public agency awards a contract to a contractor for the project, the contractors and any subcontractors employing workers upon the public works project shall submit weekly payrolls as required by ORS 279C.845 (Certified statements regarding payment of prevailing rates of wage) and this rule to the public agency or agencies providing funds for the project.(b)
When more than one public agency provides funds for a project, the public agencies may designate one agency to receive the contractor’s and any subcontractors’ payrolls.(9)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
If a project is a public works of the type described in ORS 279C.800 (Definitions for ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870)(6)(a)(C), and no public agency awards a contract to a contractor for the project, the contractors and any subcontractors employing workers upon the public works project shall submit weekly payrolls as required by ORS 279C.845 (Certified statements regarding payment of prevailing rates of wage) and this rule to the public agency or agencies that will occupy or use the completed project.(b)
When more than one public agency will occupy or use the completed project, the public agencies may designate one agency to receive the contractor’s and any subcontractors’ payrolls.(10)
If a project is a public works of the type described in ORS 279C.800 (Definitions for ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870)(6)(a)(D), and no public agency awards a contract to a contractor for the project, the contractors and any subcontractors employing workers upon the public works project shall submit weekly payrolls as required by ORS 279C.845 (Certified statements regarding payment of prevailing rates of wage) and this rule to the public agency that owns the land, premise(s), structure(s) or building(s) on which the solar radiation device(s) will be constructed or installed.(11)
If a project is a public works of the type described in ORS 279C.800 (Definitions for ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870)(6)(a)(E), and no public agency awards a contract to a contractor for the project, the contractors and any subcontractors employing workers upon the public works project shall submit weekly payrolls as required by ORS 279C.845 (Certified statements regarding payment of prevailing rates of wage) and this rule to the public university listed in ORS 352.002 (Public universities) that owns the real property.
Source:
Rule 839-025-0010 — Payroll and Certified Statement Requirements, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=839-025-0010.