Recompute the overtime base the way 29 CFR 5.32 requires, then price the back wages and the $27-a-day CWHSSA liquidated damages before the auditor does.
| Required pay, per worker | — | $ |
|---|---|---|
| What your payroll delivered, per worker | — | $ |
| Required overtime cash rate | — | $/hr |
| Overtime cash rate you paid | — | $/hr |
| Shortfall, per worker | — | $ |
| Back wages, whole classification | — | $ |
| CWHSSA liquidated damages at $27/day | — | $ |
| Total exposure | — | $ |
| Verdict | — |
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Recompute the overtime base the way 29 CFR 5.32 requires, then price the back wages and the $27-a-day CWHSSA liquidated damages before the auditor does.
The CWHSSA liquidated-damages rate is fixed by rule at $27 per worker per over-40 day (29 CFR 5.8; unchanged for 2026 in the DOL annual adjustment published 2026-05-27). The five-worker example below carries $810 in liquidated dam
Buy the full version — $60It rebuilds one worker's pay period the way 29 CFR 5.32 requires: the basic rate for every hour, a half-time premium computed on the basic rate with fringe excluded, and the fringe rate on overtime hours too. It then subtracts what your payroll delivered and prices the gap across the classification, adding $27 per worker per over-40 day.
Payroll clerks and owners at small electrical, mechanical, concrete and site-work subcontractors who sign WH-347 certified payroll on federally funded construction. It is built for the person who types the hours, not for a compliance department, and it assumes you already have the wage determination open in another tab.
A generic overtime calculator multiplies the rate actually paid by 1.5, which is the wrong base under Davis-Bacon. Chatbots routinely fold the fringe rate into the overtime base or drop fringe from overtime hours, and none of them add the CWHSSA liquidated-damages day count. The error hides inside a number that looks plausible.
Every calculation is free with no key, no watermark and no usage cap: required pay, the correct overtime rate, the shortfall, crew back wages, liquidated damages and total exposure. The $60 key changes the axis, not the answer. It adds CSV export you keep and an alarm before the annual wage determination update.
Back wages for every affected hour, plus liquidated damages fixed by rule at $27 per worker per over-40 calendar day under 29 CFR 5.8, an amount the Labor Department left unchanged for 2026. Repeat disregard can also bring three years of debarment from federal contracts under 29 CFR 5.12.
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