R2000-84 AUTHORIZING THE FILING AND EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO. 3 OF AN AMENDED APPLICATION

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, , working hours on the job. tf the contractor or subcontractor fails to submit the required records or to make them available, FTA may,after written notice to the contractor,sponsor, applicant, or owner,take such action as may be necessary to cause the suspension of any further payment, advance,or guarantee of funds. Furthermore,failure to submit the required records upon request or to make such records available may be grounds for debarment action pursuant to 29 C.F.R.5.12. (4) Apprentices and Trainees. (i.) Apprentices. Apprentices will be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work they performed when they are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training,or with a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the Bureau,or if a person is employed in his or her first 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in such an apprenticeship program,who is not individually registered in the program, but who has been certified by the Bureau of A�Sprenticeship and Training or a state apprenticeship agency(where appropriate)to be eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice. The allowable ratio of apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft classification shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the contractor as to the entire work force under the registered program. Any worker listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate,who is not registered or otherwise employed as stated above,shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed. In addition,any apprentice performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actUally performed. Where a contractor is performing construction on a project in a locality other than that in which its program is registered,the ratios and wage rates(expressed in percentages of the journeyman's hourly rate)specified in the contractor's or subcontractor's registered program shall be observed. Every apprentice must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the registered program for the apprentice's level of progress,expressed as a percentage of the journeyman's hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Apprentices shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the apprenticeship program. If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits,apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage determination for the applicable classification. If the Administrator determines that a different practice prevails for the applicable apprentice classification,fringe benefits shall be paid in accordance with that determination. In the event the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training,or a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the Bureau, withdraws approval of any apprenticeship program,the contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize apprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptable program is approved. (ii.) Trainees. Except as provided in 29 C.F.R.§5.16,trainees will not be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they are employed pursuant to and individua{fy registered in a program which has received prior approval,evidenced by formal certification by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. The - ratio of trainees to journeymen on the job site shall not be greater than permitted under the plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration. Every trainee must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the approved program for the trainee's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman's hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Trainees shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the trainee program. If the trainee program does not mention fringe benefits,trainees shall be paid the full amouM of fringe benefits fisted on tfie vrage cieterm�nation unless the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Divisi�on determ�i�mes that k�re is an apprenticeship program associated with the corresponding joumeyman's wage rate on the wage determination that provides for less than full fringe benefits for apprentices. Any employee listed on the payroll at a trainee Stale/Federal Capital Grant page 30 •