Understanding and Navigating the Service Contract Act Live Training Seminar

Overview

Failure to understand and comply with the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS) can lead to costly outcomes, withholding of contract funds, and even debarment. Cross-functional (i.e., Human Resources, Contracts, Payroll, Accounting) understanding of the SCA is imperative to successfully administer an SCA contract. Many contractors find SCA confusing and intimidating, which often leads them to avoid SCA contracts entirely. While this may have once been a good strategy, it is increasingly more difficult to escape contracts covered by FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards as the application of the SCA becomes more frequent. In fact, retroactive coverage enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor has also become more common.

In this seminar, we will discuss SCA applicability, requirements, and best practices for compliance. This training will provide valuable insight and practical strategies to effectively and compliantly manage SCA contracts.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this one-day comprehensive course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the types of contracts which are or should be covered by FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards
• Understand which employees are impacted by the requirements of SCA
• Utilize a Wage Determination and identify the required minimum wage, health and welfare, vacation, holiday, sick leave, etc.
• Understand when a Collective Bargaining Agreement is incorporated as the Wage Determination and the subsequent impact on contract administration

Program Content

This course will cover the following topics:

• Applicability and exemptions of FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards
• Brief review of the Fair Labor Standards Act and identification of SCA-covered employees
• Appropriate mapping of positions/labor categories to the SCA Directory of Occupations
• Conformance procedures
• Deciphering Wage Determinations
• Collective Bargaining Agreements and the unique challenges of working with unions
• Calculation of health and welfare and understanding bona fide benefits
• Fringe pool impacts and options
• Option year modifications and price adjustments under FAR 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts) and FAR 52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards-Price Adjustment
• Successful contract transition
• Notices and appropriate communications
• Recordkeeping requirements
• Components of and suggestions for self-audits and subcontractor accountability
• Overview of the audit process related to SCA by the Department of Labor Wage and Hour division

About Redstone GCI

RGCI enables contractors doing business with the U.S. government to comply with the complex and challenging procurement regulatory provisions and contract requirements by providing superior cost, pricing, accounting, and contracts administration consulting expertise to clients expeditiously, efficiently, and within customer expectations. Our consulting expertise and experience is unparalleled in understanding unique challenges of government contractors, our operating procedures are crafted and monitored to ensure rock-solid compliance, and our company’s charter and implementing policies are designed to continuously meet needs of clients while fostering a long-term partnership with each client through pro-active communication with our clients.