2400 33RD ST LABOR COMPLIANCE 2016-01-01 MF Import

state or federal statutes, and ali related mandatory forms of protection, shall not qualify as health and welfare insurance. 2. Employer payments on behalf of a person employed for the purpose of providing retirement income. 3. Vacation payments made either directly to the employees or into a vacation fund, provided these benefits are paid to the employees. Apprentice training fund. Payments made to training programs approved or recognized by the Washington state apprenticeship and training council. 5. Paid holidays. Payments made to employees for specified holidays. Any fringe benefits required by other local, state, or (ederal laws do not qualify as "usual benefits." The PLA requires that the Contractor and its subcontrictors make contributions in the amounts designated in the appropriate prevailing wage determination for fringe benefit contributions to each of the applicable PLA Schedule A Funds and also make all employee-authorized deductions in the amounts designated. Furthermore, tha Cuntractor and its subcontractors shall adopt and agree to be bound by the written ter-ns of the legally established Union trust agreements specifying the detailed basis on �vhich payments are to he made into, and benefits paid out o( such Schedule A Funds. To the extent that a non-union contractor or non-union subcontractor has established a non- union bona-fide benefit plan that includes benefits duplicative of the "usual benefits" contributed to the Union benefit plan, the costs for said duplicr�tive benefits is not included in the bid price. Once the Contract is executed, the Contractor may request compensation for said duplicative benefits by submitting a written request to Sound Transit. If, upon investigation, Sound Transit finds that the duplicative benefits are bonafide costs of doing business for the non•union contractor or non-union subcontractor, Sound Transit will issue a change order to compensate the contractor(s) for the direct costs of said duplicative benefits. The Contractor is not entitled to overhead or profit on these direct costs. VIII. MONTHLY EEO AND APPRENTICE UTILIZATION AND PRE-APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING FUND REPORTS With each Request for Progress Payment, the Contractor shall submit to Sound Transit a Monthly EEO and Apprentice Utilization Report and a Pre- Apprenticeship Training Pro�ram Fund Contribution Report in electronic format to be provided by Sound Transit, for the Contractor ard all subcontractors. The monthly reports shall be completed by the Contractor and all subcontractors performing vJork on the Contract during the repo�ting period. The reports shall accompany the Contractor's Request for Progress Payment. A Request for Progress Payment that is not accompanied by the monthly reports will not be processed for payment until said monthly reports are received and approved by Sound Transit. In addition to the Pre-Apprentice Training Program Fund Contribution Report, the Contractor shail submit the contribution amount directly to `Sound Transit. The contribution amount shall be the hourly contribution for the Contractor and all subcontractors working on the project. 2. The Contractor shall be responsible for reporting EEO and apprentice utilization data required by Sound Transit beginning with the first day of work for each Capilal Projecls Commuler Rail Labor Compliance Manual IFB No. RTA/CP 21-06 Evere�l St�Iion Phase 2 14