Certified payroll requirements for City of Irvine projects

What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is City of Irvine. With live registration data from DIR project filings.

Data updated 2026-10-18

10projects registered 2026-06-26 to 2026-10-18
3subcontractor listings on those projects
Requireddirect DIR eCPR filing on this body's projects

Recent City of Irvine project registrations

New PWC-100 project registrations naming City of Irvine as the awarding body, from DIR's public project registry. Every one of these projects means certified payroll for every contractor and sub on it, starting with the first week worked.

ProjectRegistered
Clean Out and Dispose Waste at the Culve2026-10-08
ADA DOOR UPGRADES AT ITC AND PS2026-10-06
Fencing and Windscreens at Great Park2026-10-06
OSF 3 Card Reader2026-09-29
Perimeter Park Rough Grade2026-09-11
Cabinets for Lakeview Senior Center2026-09-02
As-needed signage at Great Park2026-09-02
Ongoing Repairs & Maintenance2026-07-06

The portal situation

We have not verified a dedicated compliance portal for City of Irvine. Your contract documents are the source of truth: if a system like LCPtracker, Elation, or PRISM is named, uploads there are the awarding body's monitoring copy. Either way the direct DIR eCPR filing under your own registration is a separate, standing obligation on non-exempt projects (DIR eCPR FAQ).

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, under your own PWCR registration (Labor Code 1771.4). DIR is explicit that submitting certified payroll to the awarding body, the prime, or a portal "does not put you in compliance with the state unless you submit eCPRs directly to DIR" (DIR eCPR FAQ).
  • Federal WH-347 weekly when federal money is in the project, with the Statement of Compliance signed (U.S. Department of Labor).
  • Records on demand. A written request for certified payroll records starts a 10 day clock. Miss it and the penalty is $100 per worker per calendar day, enforceable by withholding from your progress payments (Labor Code 1776). From January 1, 2027, SB 909 (Chapter 660, Statutes of 2026) raises it to $140 per worker per calendar day; what SB 909 changes.

Working for a city

City projects range from small park jobs to major capital work, and city compliance practices vary just as widely. Some cities run portals, most do not. The constant is the state side: on a non-exempt city project you owe eCPRs directly to DIR at least monthly, and the city can hold progress payments over certified payroll problems.

Trades recently listed on City of Irvine work

  • General building (B): 3 contractors
  • Concrete (C-8): 1 contractors
  • Low voltage systems (C-7): 1 contractors
  • Sign (C-45): 1 contractors
  • D-42 (D-42): 1 contractors
  • General engineering (A): 1 contractors

Filing on a City of Irvine project? First one is free

Send the payroll export you already run. We turn it into the WH-347 and the DIR eCPR filing, checked by software and verified by a person. Your first weekly filing is free, before you pay us anything. $995 one time setup, then $249 per month flat.

Got it. We reply the same business day. Next: we confirm your payroll system and the project, you send one export, and your first filing comes back for your review before anything is submitted.

First filing free