Certified payroll requirements for County of Orange/OC Public Works projects
What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is County of Orange/OC Public Works. With live registration data from DIR project filings.
Data updated 2026-07-01
Recent County of Orange/OC Public Works project registrations
New PWC-100 project registrations naming County of Orange/OC Public Works 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.
| Project | Registered | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| CMAR - HCA-Madero New HVAC Plant | 2026-06-30 | CMAR - HCA-Madero New HVAC Plant Construction Services |
| JOC - Laguna Hills Library Carpet and Pa | 2026-06-30 | JOC - Laguna Hills Library Carpet and Paint |
| JOC: OCPW - Los Alamitos Pump Station He | 2026-06-29 | JOC: OCPW - Los Alamitos Pump Station Heat Exchanger Replacement |
The portal situation
We have not verified a dedicated compliance portal for County of Orange/OC Public Works. 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).
Working for a county
County public works departments buy across every trade, and several of the large counties run third-party compliance portals. A county portal upload is the county's monitoring copy. Unless the county is one of the four legacy Labor Compliance Programs, the direct DIR eCPR filing is still owed under your own registration.
Trades recently listed on County of Orange/OC Public Works work
- General building (B): 3 contractors
- Electrical (C-10): 2 contractors
- Plumbing (C-36): 2 contractors
- HVAC (C-20): 2 contractors
- Boiler and hot water heating (C-4): 1 contractors
- Low voltage systems (C-7): 1 contractors