Summary:
The Office of Labor Relations (OLR) administers Federal prevailing
wage requirements in HUD-assisted housing and community development
programs through staff in Field Offices. OLR is HUD's primary contact
with the Department of Labor (DOL) in enforcing labor standards
mandated by the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.
Purpose:
OLR serves as policy adviser and consultant to HUD's Secretary and
other principal staff on the applicability, administration, and enforcement
of Federal labor standards, including Davis-Bacon prevailing wage
rates and to organized labor-particularly the building and construction
trades unions. The office also seeks affirmative relationships with
organized labor and industry in support of HUD's affordable housing
and community revitalization goals. Toward that objective, OLR, in
partnership with DOL, also administers Step-Up,
a welfare-to-work apprenticeship-based jobs program for low-income
people.
In addition to overall responsibility within HUD for administering
and enforcing Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements for a broad
array of HUD programs, OLR administers the prevailing wage requirements
for maintenance employees of public and Indian housing agencies.
This requires the annual HUD determination of maintenance wage rates
for such workers.
Type of Assistance:
This is an administrative and enforcement function. In carrying
out its mandate, OLR issues technical guidance on labor standards
enforcement, makes labor standards administration training available
to local contracting agencies through its field staff, monitors
local agencies (public and Indian housing authorities and Community
Development Block Grant agencies) for labor standards contract compliance,
and maintains comprehensive program information at the OLR page
at HUD's Web site. (See below.) For calendar year 1997, the value
of HUD-assisted construction contracts covered by Davis-Bacon prevailing
wage requirements exceeded $4 billion.
Eligible Grantees:
This program includes most recipients of HUD-funding assistance
involving construction work, who must ensure that they comply with
Federal labor standards and prevailing wage requirements.
Eligible Customers:
Construction workers on HUD-assisted construction projects and maintenance
workers engaged in the operation of certain HUD-assisted low-income
housing benefit from the wage protections provided in the Davis-Bacon
and Related Acts.
Eligible Activities:
Application:
Not applicable.
Funding Status:
Not applicable.
Technical Guidance:
For More Information:
The Office of Labor Relations maintains a
site at HUD's Website. For information contact Edward L. Johnson,
National Director, Office of Labor Relations, or Jade M. Banks, Senior Policy Advisor Jade, at (202) 708-0370 (voice) or (202) 619-8022 (fax).
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