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VA contracts - how the hourly is determined - Anon

Posted: Nov 11, 2013

My company was audited by the DoL. Now being paid the prevailing wage, paid by the hour, made a lot more paid by the line... Afraid to ask company how the hourly is determined, why it changes paycheck to paycheck, why it doesn't match the facilities' counties wage determination (it's VERY much less). Curious to hear from others who are working on VA contracts, anyone else affected?

va contract payment - anon as well

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nope, no change for me.

At a MINIMUM, you should be paid whatever - the WDR for

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the county is in which your facility is located. As in any job where you are paid by the hour, the pay is determined by multiplying the hourly rate (WDR) by the number of hours you work. I say at a minimum because if you have a contract that says you should earn a specific amount per line you type and that amount exceeds your hourly rate, it could be that you should be getting paid that amount instead of the hourly. In either case, you should be making at LEAST the WDR. That's the whole point of having a wage determination rate.

If you're afraid to ask the company, you can contact the DOL and explain that your MTSO was audited by them and that it does not appear that they are abiding by the rules of having to pay the WDR. Let the DOL take it from there. You can remain anonymous.

I'm right there with you in the same boat and wondering the same things. - wondering

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Have noticed the exact same things after DOL audit and switch to hourly.

If you don't report your MTSO to the DOL for not paying - the WDR, they are getting

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away with breaking the law and screwing you out of your pay. SPEAK UP! You can remain anonymous.

If you don't report it, you are being complicit in your own fleecing.

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