Compliance

FCE plans assure continuous compliance with government regulations and the Service Contract Act’s requirement of “equivalent combination of fringe benefits.”
Since 1989:

• We’ve worked with the SCA, DBA and related legislation
• We employ professional teams skilled at meeting your compliance goals
• We enable you to easily, simply and cost-effectively set up a trust and plan
• We administer your fringe benefits plan as a third party in accordance with SCA/DBA requirements using an irrevocable funding arrangement
• We’ve responded to changes in our clients’ businesses or in the law that might affect their employee plans
• We provide ongoing consultation and plan support

FCE has compiled these links to assist you in finding relevant information:

Service Contract Act
Read the text of the amended McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 1965 on the Department of Labor’s web site.

Labor Standards for the Service Contract Act
Find out about labor standards as contained in Chapter 6, Title 41 of the United States Code.  Access pertinent text by clicking on the appropriate code section.

Davis-Bacon Act
This Act was originally approved on March 3, 1931.  It mandates that all federal government construction contracts and most contracts for federally assisted construction over $2,000.00 must contain the appropriate Davis-Bacon wage determinations.  Read the text of this amended Act on the Department of Labor’s

Wage Determination Base for Davis Bacon Act
For a fee, you may use this Davis-Bacon database.  Here, you can find out if you are using the current wage determinations.   Its search engine let you find: wage determination number; state or country; trade; or type of construction

ERISA
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974( ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established pension and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these plans.

COBRA
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan for limited transition between jobs, death, divorce and other life events.  Qualified individuals may be required to pay the entire premium for coverage up to 102 percent of the cost to the plan.

HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides rights and protections for participants and beneficiaries in group health plans.  HIPAA includes protections for coverage under group health plans that limit exclusions for preexisting conditions; prohibit discrimination against employees and dependents based on their health status; and allow a special opportunity to enroll in a new plan to individuals in certain circumstances.

JWOD Act
Read about Javits-Wagner O’Day (JWOD) Act at the web site of the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, the independent agency that administers the JWOD program.  The JWOD Act appears in Title 41 of the United States Code, Sections 46 through 48c.  This document fives the current legislation language of the JWOD Act with references to the applicable U.S. C. sections.  Footnotes provide the citation for Public Laws related to the JWOD Program from its start in 1938 through to the last amendment in 1994