Content Last Revised: 9/30/64 ---DISCLAIMER---

CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 29

Labor

Chapter I

Office of the Secretary of Labor

Part 5

Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and Assisted Construction (Also Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Nonconstruction Contracts Subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act

Subpart B

Interpretation of the Fringe Benefits Provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act

• Section Number: 5.24
• Section Name: The basic hourly rate of pay.

    ``The basic hourly rate of pay'' is that part of a laborer's or 
mechanic's wages which the Secretary of Labor would have found and 
included in wage determinations prior to the 1964 amendments. The 
Secretary of Labor is required to continue to make a separate finding of 
this portion of the wage. In general, this portion of the wage is the 
cash payment made directly to the laborer or mechanic. It does not 
include fringe benefits.