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3. Pa��ient of Fringe Benefits : • <br /> a. The contract administering officer shall require, whenever the <br /> minimum wage rate prescribed in the contract for a class of laborers or <br /> mechanics includes a fringe benefit which is not e�pressed as an hourly <br /> wage rate and the contractor is obligated to pay a cash equivalent of <br /> such a fringe benefit, an hourly cash equivalent thereof to be estab- <br /> lished. In the event the interested parties cannot agree upon a cash <br /> equivalent of the fringe benefit, the question, accompanied by the <br /> recommendation of such officer, shall be referred to the Secretary of <br /> Labor for determination. <br /> b. If the contractor does not make payments to a trustee or other <br /> third person, he/she may consider as part of the wages of any laborer or <br /> mechanic the amount of any costs reasonably anticipated in providing <br /> benefits under a plan or program of a type e�pressly listed in the wage <br /> determination decision of the Secretary of Labor which is a part of this <br /> contract; provided, however, the Secretary of Labor has found, upon the <br /> written request of the contractor, that the applicable standards of the <br /> Davis-Bacon Act have been met. The Secretary of Labor may require the <br /> contractor to set aside in a separate account assets for the meeting of <br /> obligations under the plan or program. <br /> 4. Payment of Excess Wages : <br /> wm�ie the wage rates shown are the minimum rates required by the <br /> contract to be paid during its life, this is not a representation that <br /> labor can be obtained at these rates. No increase in the contract price <br /> shall be allowed or authorized on account of the payment of wage rates <br /> in excess of those listed herein. <br /> 5. Apprentices and Trainees (Programs of Department of Labor) : <br /> a. Apprentices, under programs approved by the U. S. Department <br /> of Labor, will be permitted to work as such only when they are regis- <br /> tered, individually, under a bona fide apprenticeship program registered <br /> with a State apprenticeship agency which is recognized by the Bureau of <br /> Apprenticeship and Training United States Department of Labor; or, if no <br /> such recognized agency eaists in a State, under a program registered <br /> with the Eureau of Apprenticeship and Training United States Department <br /> of Labor. The allowable ratio of apprentices to journey�nen in any craft <br /> classification shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the con- <br /> tractor as to his/her entire work force under the registered program. <br /> Any employee listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate, who is not <br /> a trainee as defined in subparagraph b. of this paragraph or is not <br /> registered as above, shall be paid the wage rate determined by the <br /> Secretary of Labor for the classification of work helshe actually per- <br /> formed. The contractor or subcontractor will be required to furnish to <br /> the cantract administering officer written evidence of the registration <br /> of his/her program and apprentices as well as of the appropriate raTios <br /> and wage rates, for the area of construction prior to using any appren- <br /> tices on the contract work. The term "apprentice" means (1) a person <br /> employed and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship <br /> program registered with the U. S. Department of Labor, Eureau of Appren- <br /> ticeship and Training, or with a State apprenticeship agency recognized <br /> by the Eureau; or (�) a person in his/her first 90 days of probationary <br /> employment as an apprentice in such an apprenticeship program, who is <br /> not individually registered in the program, but who has been certified <br /> by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, or a State Apprenticeship <br /> Council (where appropriate) to be eligible for probationary emploS•ment <br /> as an apprentice. <br />