The state of California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) approved the City’s current Labor Compliance Program (LCP) on Dec. 29, 2009. The City's LCP is statutorily required under California Public Resources Code section 75075 for all public works projects financed in all or in part by Proposition 84 (Safe Drinking Water, etc. Bond Act of 2006).

• OLSE Labor Compliance Packet – Prevailing Wage
• OLSE Labor Compliance Packet – Davis Bacon
• List of Trades and Crafts
• Authorized Signatory
• Fringe Benefit Statement
• Authorization for Payroll Deduction
• DAS 140
• DAS 142

Contractors and subcontractors working on City projects are required to submit certified payroll records in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. 

For more information on submitting certified payroll records, or requesting copies of records, please visit our information page.

All public works contracts valued at $30,000 or more require contractors to hire apprentices, unless the craft or trade does not require the use of apprentices. Contractors must abide by the requirements of Sections 1777.5, 1777.6, and 1777.7 of the State of California Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by a contractor and any subcontractor performing a public works contract.

Contractors must submit Contract Award Information (DAS 140) to every apprenticeship program in the geographic area of the public works project, for each craft you intend to employ on the project.

All contractors who are not already employing sufficient apprentices are required to request dispatch, either consecutively or simultaneously, from all approved apprenticeship programs in the project's geographical area.

An apprentice must be properly registered in an approved apprenticeship program certified by the California Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS). If an apprentice is not registered, journeyman wages must be paid. For more information on apprentice programs and for a list of approved programs by county and craft, visit the DAS Apprenticeship Program Information.

For more information on apprentice requirements, please use the links below:

• Public Works Apprenticeship Requirements
• Find Registered Apprentices
• Find Available Apprenticeship Committees
• CAC Public Works Training Fund Search
• Pay CAC Training Fund Contributions (Form CAC2)
• Apprenticeship Prevailing Wage Determinations
• California Apprenticeship Council

• California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Prevailing Wage Rates
• Public Works Manual
• DIR PWC-100 Public Works Project Search
• Public Works Contractor Registration
• Contractors' State License Status

California Labor Code

• Sections 1720, et al
• Sections 1813 and 1815

California Code of Regulations, Division 1, Chapter 8, Subchapter 3

• Article 1. Definitions
• Article 2. Work Subject to Prevailing Wages
• Article 3. Duties, Responsibilities, and Rights of Parties
• Article 4. Wage Determinations
• Article 5. Petitions to Review Prevailing Wage Determinations
• Article 6. Certified Payroll Reocrds: Requests, Content, and Costs
• Article 7. Registration of Public Works Contractors

• Laws, Executive Orders, and Regulations
• Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations
• Davis-Bacon Frequently Asked Questions
• Davis-Bacon Presentations: Prevailing Wage Seminars

If you work on a City of San Diego public works project and believe your employer is in violation of state and/or federal prevailing wage requirements, you can file a complaint or complete the form below and submit it to the Office of Labor Standards & Enforcement for review. Include copies of any documents or records that support your complaint.

• Complaint Form (English)
• Complaint Form (Spanish)

OLSE offers training and education resources for contractors, subcontractors and the public regarding prevailing wage requirements and labor compliance. Please visit Training and Events for more information.