Certified payroll requirements for BART projects
What California public works subcontractors owe on projects where the awarding body is San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). Project counts on this page come from WellStanding's collection of DIR project registration data.
Data updated 2026-10-27
The short answer
Contractors on BART public works projects submit electronic certified payroll reports through Elation Systems, and BART also requires them to submit the reports to the California Department of Industrial Relations (BART Labor Compliance page). DIR says a filing with another agency does not satisfy its own requirement, unless an exemption applies.
- BART's Labor Compliance Unit, part of its Office of Civil Rights, collects, monitors and documents certified payroll reports on its public works projects (BART Labor Compliance page).
- BART's contractor fact sheet asks for certified payroll on the District's designated website and, as required, to DIR, each within seven days of the week ending date, and says failure to submit may result in rejection of the payment application (BART contractor fact sheet, file name dated 9.1.17).
- DIR lists BART's program as an approved awarding body Labor Compliance Program, which is separate from the four legacy programs whose projects are exempt from direct eCPR filing (DIR approved program list, DIR certified payroll FAQ).
- DIR says submitting certified payroll records to an awarding body or a Labor Compliance Program does not fulfill the requirement to submit them to DIR (DIR certified payroll FAQ).
- BART's page says several of its public works projects are governed by Project Stabilization Agreements, and DIR exempts projects covered by a qualifying project labor agreement at the Labor Commissioner's discretion (BART Labor Compliance page, DIR eCPR FAQ).
Counts cover registrations from June 26, 2026 to October 27, 2026. Collection paused from July 7 to September 3, 2026, so counts are a floor, not a total. Filing tile sources: DIR certified payroll FAQ, DIR eCPR exemptions page.
Recent BART project registrations
PWC-100 project registrations naming BART as the awarding body, from WellStanding's collection of DIR project registration data, as of October 27, 2026. Collection paused from July 7 to September 3, 2026, so counts are a floor, not a total. The list can miss projects registered in that window.
| Project | Registered | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Elevator Flooring Modification Project | 2026-10-20 | |
| On-Call Glass Repair | 2026-10-20 | |
| 15TC-013 Traffic Control | 2026-10-15 | |
| Traffic Control Services | 2026-10-15 | |
| E Line Landscape and Maintenance Service | 2026-10-15 | |
| 6M3846 | 2026-10-06 | Landscape Maintenance Contract |
| BPDHQ - Communication | 2026-10-05 | |
| HVAC - Annual Preventative Maintenance | 2026-09-22 |
The portal situation
BART collects certified payroll through Elation Systems, alongside the separate DIR filing (source). BART's Labor Compliance Unit, part of its Office of Civil Rights, collects and monitors the reports, and BART's page adds that contractors must also submit them to DIR (BART Labor Compliance page). BART's contractor fact sheet, which BART's page still links and whose file name is dated 9.1.17, asks for reports on the District's designated website within seven days of the week ending date. It also asks contractors to submit certified payroll records to DIR, as required, within seven days of the week ending date, and says failure to submit may result in the rejection of a payment application. Because the file name suggests 2017, confirm the timing in your contract documents. DIR lists BART's labor compliance program as an approved awarding body program, not one of the four legacy programs whose projects it exempts from direct eCPR filing (DIR approved program list, DIR eCPR exemptions page). BART also says several of its projects are governed by Project Stabilization Agreements (BART Labor Compliance page). DIR separately exempts projects covered by a qualifying project labor agreement, at the Labor Commissioner's discretion (DIR eCPR FAQ), and small projects, meaning projects that do not exceed $25,000 for new construction, alteration, installation, demolition or repair, or $15,000 for maintenance (DIR certified payroll FAQ). BART's page does not say whether any of its agreements is a qualifying project labor agreement, so confirm in your contract documents which rules apply.
The two-filing reality is the part that catches subs: the portal upload answers the awarding body, and the eCPR answers the state. Doing one does not do the other. Our guide LCPtracker vs DIR walks through why, in DIR's own words.
DIR-approved labor compliance program. DIR's list of approved programs (data as of October 22, 2026) includes San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), LCP ID 2011.01087, approved September 1, 2011. An approved program does not by itself end the direct DIR eCPR filing: DIR's eCPR exemption list names only the four legacy programs. All 195 programs.
Your filing duties on these projects
- Direct DIR eCPR filing. On a registered public works project you submit electronic certified payroll records directly to DIR at least monthly, or more often when the contract says so (Labor Code 1771.4). DIR is explicit that submitting certified payroll records to other agencies "does not put you in compliance with the state unless you submit eCPRs directly to DIR" (DIR eCPR FAQ). On BART work, BART's contractor fact sheet, whose file name is dated 9.1.17, also asks for the DIR submission within seven days of the week ending date, so check your contract for the timing it sets.
- Federal weekly payroll. Contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts require payroll information every week, each submission with a signed Statement of Compliance (U.S. Department of Labor).
- Records on demand. You keep certified records and produce them within 10 days of receiving a written request. Miss it and you forfeit $100 for each calendar day, or part of a day, for each worker, and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement can request that the penalty be withheld from progress payments then due (Labor Code 1776). From January 1, 2027, SB 909 (Chapter 660, Statutes of 2026) raises that penalty to $140 per worker per calendar day; what SB 909 changes.
Working for a transit
Read the contract documents for the system or office that takes certified payroll on this agency's projects, and confirm whether the project carries federal funding and whether DIR exempts it from the direct eCPR filing.
Trades recently listed on BART work
Contractor license classes listed on BART projects in WellStanding's collection of DIR project registration data, as of October 27, 2026. Collection paused from July 7 to September 3, 2026, so counts are a floor, not a total.
- Landscaping (C-27): 4 contractors
- General building (B): 2 contractors
- C-49: 1 contractor
- Electrical (C-10): 1 contractor
- General engineering (A): 1 contractor
- Glazing (C-17): 1 contractor