For agencies bidding out federally funded contracts, it’s critical that they pay their laborers local prevailing wages and fringe benefits based upon the region they are working in.

This ensures that laborers are paid at a fair and competitive level in their community. The B2Gnow eComply Certified Payroll module eliminates paper-based documents and provides one interface to track and report on participation and payments to laborers.

The module is a tool for contractors to collect, monitor, and report on the hours and wages paid to laborers on those projects, satisfying compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act and other fair wage regulations.

Federal, state, and local funded projects take place all across the country. Standard labor wages can vary depending on what part of the country you are in. Certified Payroll Reporting software ensures laborers are paid a fair wage for the region they are working in, which is agreed upon in the contract. Underpayment can result in fines and back pay that can strain the agency’s finances.

Certified Payroll Reporting software should eliminate paper-based documents and transition the process to digital. Contractors should be able to upload certified payroll data from their accounting system, a standard spreadsheet template, or enter it directly into a web form.

The software should ensure compliance with federal Davis-Bacon, state, and local wage rates and rules, track workforce utilization, and generate internal and public reports to share with the agency. Integration into a larger contract compliance system is best as it eliminates redundant data entry.

A Certified Payroll Reporting software, like B2Gnow’s eComply, offers a user-friendly set of tools designed to streamline and simplify labor compliance reporting, ensuring organizations are always audit-ready.

Certified Payroll Report Solution software, such as B2Gnow’s eComply solution, replicates the forms required by the Department of Labor. It also pulls in existing vendor data and contract data that is already in the system, which reduces manual data entry, typing errors, and miscalculations. The data can then be pulled into standard reports that can be quickly run and easily shared with the overseeing agency. Organizations across the nation leverage solutions like B2Gnow to manage prevailing wage labor compliance requirements alongside their diversity and inclusion goals, providing agencies and contractors with a more efficient and comprehensive compliance management solution for public infrastructure projects.

Yes, Certified Payroll Reporting software can integrate with existing accounting systems. A quality solution, such as B2Gnow’s eComply solution, should integrate with legacy systems, payroll applications, and the larger B2Gnow system for seamless data exchange.

The benefits of using Certified Payroll Reporting software include compliance with Davis-Bacon and other local prevailing wage laws. It also allows you to see your workforce by job title, hours worked, and/or gender and race to see if you are meeting the minimum requirements for Disadvantaged, Small, Minority, Veteran, or Woman-Owned Business Enterprises (DSMWVBE) programs. CPR gives a bird’s eye view of how your organization is contributing to the local economy and community.

With Certified Payroll Reporting software, workers’ personal information is available as part of the reporting component, so keeping it secure is critical.

B2Gnow’s eComply Certified Payroll module is SOC2 Type II compliant, the gold standard among software cloud-based solutions.

B2Gnow also holds a SHA-2 2048-bit SSL certificate on the HTTPS level, 256-bit AES SQL Server-based encryption at the database level, and extensive cyber liability coverage.

The software is Independently audited for our security and privacy protocols in handling confidential information for our clients, and permissions are assigned by employee roles and controls who can view, edit, and manage project details.

Certified payroll reporting software is especially beneficial for industries that work on government-funded or public projects and must comply with prevailing wage laws and detailed reporting requirements.

Industries such as public sector entities (state DOTs, states, cities, counties, airports, transits, education, housing authorities, other municipal), as well as construction and engineering firms, benefit from Certified Payroll Reporting software. Keeping track of each worker, their wages and hours can be challenging without Certified Payroll Report Solution software, which digitizes the entire process and reduces data entry and calculation errors.

Organizations who leverage B2Gnow’s eComply Certified Payroll Reporting Software can easily track and monitor prevailing wage standards in a modern, cloud-based platform and replace manual, time-consuming processes for complying with federal Davis-Bacon requirements (and their state and local law counterparts) with efficient, automated processes.

Agencies can encourage supplier diversity beyond spend tracking by fostering supplier development, creating inclusive procurement policies, and engaging in the community.

For example, agenices can encourage small and diverse businesses to compete in public projects by hosting supplier diversity workshops and fiars, promoting new contracted projects on their websites, and they can leverage technology solutions like B2Gnow Supplier Diversity software to better engage and grow their small and diverse vendor community through automated outreach campaigns and email blasts.

Further, agencies and primes who leverage B2Gnow supplier diversity spend tracking gain access to Gain the industry’s largest real-time database of certified suppliers.

Agencies can also develop relationships and spread the word through organizations such as Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), Small Business Diversity Network (SBDN), Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).