Certified payroll requirements for Department of General Services projects
What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is Department of General Services. With live registration data from DIR project filings.
Data updated 2026-09-15
Recent Department of General Services project registrations
New PWC-100 project registrations naming Department of General Services 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 |
|---|---|
| Back-up Generator Maintenance; BLDG. 701 | 2026-09-15 |
| Aboveground Storage Tank Services | 2026-09-11 |
| EVSE - Edmonston Pumping Plant | 2026-09-10 |
The portal situation
We have not verified a dedicated compliance portal for Department of General Services. 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 state agency
State agency projects put you in DIR's own back yard. Registration checks and certified payroll enforcement are routine, and unless the agency holds one of the four legacy Labor Compliance Programs the direct eCPR filing applies from the first week of work.
Trades recently listed on Department of General Services work
- Electrical (C-10): 3 contractors
- Plumbing (C-36): 1 contractors
- General engineering (A): 1 contractors
- Pipeline (C-34): 1 contractors
- Hazardous substance removal (HAZ): 1 contractors
- Low voltage systems (C-7): 1 contractors