Certified payroll review: what ReadyCheck checks

Start with the project's recorded requirements

Your team records applicability and selects the relevant wage-determination version. PaidReady does not infer legal coverage from a project's state, funding or agency. A finding depends on that configuration and the available records; incomplete information can require review instead of a numerical conclusion.

Prevailing wage and fringe facts

For applicable journeyworker lines, the prevailing-wage-total rule compares the required basic rate plus fringe with the recorded cash wage, contractor-confirmed fringe credit and cash in lieu. It is not a promise to verify every legal obligation or independently approve a benefit plan.

Fringe claim review can flag unconfirmed credit, missing recorded approval evidence for unfunded plans, missing annualization facts and inconsistent recorded credit. The contractor remains responsible for whether the claimed benefit credit is supported.

Overtime needs the right workweek context

The CWHSSA rule checks recorded weekly overtime hours and evaluates supported single-rate overtime calculations where applicability is recorded. Weeks involving multiple classifications or rates are surfaced for review rather than automatically resolved with an assumed weighted rate. Missing workweek context can change what the system is able to evaluate.

Classification, source records and reporting workflow

The generic checks cover classification consistency, source completeness, missing certified payroll weeks, due-date tracking and configuration prompts. These findings help organize review; they do not establish that a recipient has received or accepted a report.

The rule catalogue also includes checks of recorded apprentice registration facts, wage percentages and daily ratios. They depend on the customer's program and ratio records. Their presence does not mean the software verifies registration with an agency or determines which program terms legally apply.

Turn findings into a documented next step

Open the evidence and calculation details, assign the exception to a reviewer, and correct the underlying records when appropriate. Rerun the checks to assess the corrected data. A reasoned dismissal by a person is distinct from a correction that meets the resolution conditions.

Rule versions and review activity remain part of the history. A result that found no exception under the enabled rules and available data is not a compliance certificate or a prediction that an agency will accept the report.

What is outside current coverage?

Current coverage consists of a federal Davis-Bacon/CWHSSA foundation and generic payroll checks. State and local rule packs, direct agency submission and recipient-specific portal integrations are not available today. State guidance pages are educational content, not evidence that the app implements those states' rules.

Review applicable contract and agency instructions with your responsible team. Product rules are versioned, but that alone does not prove they incorporate every later legal change. Confirm coverage before relying on a check for a particular requirement.