LINKS OF INTEREST
LINKS
Federal Labor Links
Fair Labor Standards Act (the FLSA is the federal law which sets minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping and youth employment standards, overviewed by Tom): https://www.dol.gov/WHD/flsa/index.htm
Fact Sheet: Hours Worked under the FLSA: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs22.pdf
Fact Sheet: Record Keeping under the FLSA: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs21.pdf
Fact Sheet: Overtime Pay under the FLSA: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs23.pdf
FLSA Power Point: https://www.dol.gov/whd/PowerPoint/Fair_Labor_Standards_Act.ppt
Migrant and Seasonal Agriculture Worker Links
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (the Act that protects migrant and seasonal agricultural workers by establishing employment standards related to wages, housing, transportation, disclosures and recordkeeping. MSPA also requires farm labor contractors to register with the US DOL): http://www.dol.gov/whd/mspa/index.htm
- Listing of farm and forest labor contractors currently registered with US DOL: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/statutes/FLCList.htm
- Listing of farm and forest labor contractor EMPLOYEES registered with US DOL: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/statutes/FLCEList.htm
- Forms, including disclosures in English http://www.dol.gov/whd/forms/wh516.pdf, and Spanish http://www.dol.gov/whd/forms/WH-516_Spanish.PDF;
- Fact Sheet: MSPA: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs49.pdf
- Fact Sheet: Transportation under MSPA: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs50.pdf
Contractors and Subcontractors Links
McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) (requires contractors and subcontractors performing services on prime contracts in excess of $2,500 to pay service employees in various classes no less than the wage rates and fringe benefits found prevailing in the locality, or the rates (including prospective increases) contained in a predecessor contractor’s collective bargaining agreement.) http://www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts/sca.htm
- EO 13706, sick leave for federal contractors: https://www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts/eo13706/PaidLeaveFS.pdf
- Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs49.pdf
- Hours Worked: https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs22.pdf (also discusses training time and when should be compensated)
- Field Operations Handbook (14g02) discusses how mandatory training should be compensated under the SCA: https://www.dol.gov/whd/FOH/FOH_Ch14.pdf
- Prevailing Wage Resource Book: Comprehensive information concerning government contracts, including the SCA: https://www.dol.gov/whd/recovery/pwrb/toc.htm
- SCA power point: https://www.dol.gov/whd/PowerPoint/SCA_CompliancePrinciples.ppt
Contracting Links
Eastern Zone for VIPR Agreements:
HELPFUL LINKS & CONTACTS:
How To Sign Up In VIPR – https://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendors.php?tab=tab_signup
VIPR Vendor Application – https://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/vendorapp.php?tab=tab_d
Overview for Using The VIPR Vendor Application (Tech Submittal Guidance Slide 41; Regional Contract Ops POCs listed below are contacts for vendor questions) – https://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/static/Overview%20for%20Using%20the%20Vendor%20Application.pdf
All VIPR Vendor Application/system issues require a Help Desk Ticket opened by the vendor for resolution – VIPR Helpdesk: 1-866-224-7677 or Helpdesk Web site at https://iia-hd.peckham-enclave.us/
Frequently Asked Questions – https://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/faq.php?tab=tab_d
Dispatch Center Lookup – https://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/dispatchlookup.php?tab=tab_d
Published VIPR Agreements (Historical Info.) – https://www.fs.fed.us/business/incident/agreementreports.php?tab=tab_d