Updated New York Prevailing Wage Rate Schedule

Updated New York Prevailing Wage Rate Schedule

This is a reminder for contractors performing public work in New York that the updated prevailing wage and supplement rates have been published and are effective starting July 1, 2021.  These updated rates must be followed regardless of the rates that were in...
The DirectAdvisors Trust

The DirectAdvisors Trust

The experts at DirectAdvisors can help you design and coordinate a custom bona fide benefit plan solution that is right for your company, and that integrates with your existing benefit plans, insurance carriers, and brokers. Your plan can be designed in a way that relieves much of the burden and expense of government mandates.

DirectAdvisors – Nyhart Video Podcast: Cash Balance Plans

DirectAdvisors – Nyhart Video Podcast: Cash Balance Plans

DirectAdvisors was pleased to welcome two guests to our latest installment of our video podcast series. Mike Kiley (Consultant and Relationship Manager) and Karl Willman (Principal/Director of Midwest Small Defined Benefit Operations) of Nyhart joined Stacy Gregory, plan advisor from DirectAdvisors, in a discussion on Cash Balance Plans. Utilizing prevailing wage dollars in a Cash Balance Pension Plan offers various benefits for both employers and their employees. From tax benefits to employee retention, our panelists discussed how this type of plan works, and the advantages of implementing it alongside a defined contribution plan.

Public Contractors’ Biggest Threat: Annualization! – How to Calculate Annualization and Make it Work for You!

Public Contractors’ Biggest Threat: Annualization! – How to Calculate Annualization and Make it Work for You!

If you are a Public Works contractor and offer a bona fide prevailing wage plan, you are likely familiar with the concept of annualization. The U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage resource book refers to annualization as: “The computational method that is used to calculate the hourly rate of benefit plan contributions that are creditable to a contractor’s prevailing wage fringe benefit obligation on covered projects.”