Certified payroll requirements for Port of Long Beach projects
What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is Port of Long Beach. With live registration data from DIR project filings.
Data updated 2026-07-01
Recent Port of Long Beach project registrations
New PWC-100 project registrations naming Port of Long Beach 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 |
|---|---|---|
| (HD-26-0432) Master Contract - On-Call | 2026-06-30 | To provide all materials, equipment, labor, transportation, delivery, installation, and all other costs and ex |
| (HD-26-0433) Master Contract - On-Call | 2026-06-30 | To provide all materials, equipment, labor, transportation, delivery, installation, and all other costs and ex |
| (HD-26-0431) Master Contract - On-Call | 2026-06-29 | To provide all materials, equipment, labor, transportation, delivery, installation, and all other costs and ex |
The portal situation
Port of Long Beach guidance points contractors to file certified payroll directly with DIR. Confirm current instructions in your contract documents.
Whatever the portal answer turns out to be, it only ever adds a filing. It never removes the direct DIR eCPR duty. Our guide LCPtracker vs DIR covers the rule.
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 port
Port authority projects are large, long, and frequently federally assisted, which brings the weekly WH-347 alongside the state eCPR duty. Ports vary in how they collect certified payroll, so treat the contract documents as the source of truth for any portal, and treat the direct DIR filing as non-negotiable.
Trades recently listed on Port of Long Beach work
- General engineering (A): 3 contractors
- Plumbing (C-36): 2 contractors
- Fire protection (C-16): 2 contractors
- Boiler and hot water heating (C-4): 2 contractors
- General building (B): 1 contractors
- Structural steel (C-51): 1 contractors