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On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) issued its annual All Agency Memorandum (“AAM”) that sets the health and welfare (“H&W”) fringe benefit rates for Service Contract Act (“SCA”) covered contracts. The update went into effect upon its issuance and has been incorporated into DOL Wage Determinations (“WDs”).
How often employers must run their payroll for federal government contract work is dependent on the contract terms and where you are performing the work. The requirement usually varies from weekly to monthly, but employers need to review both your contract and state and local wage laws and regulations. The answer is that “it depends.”
This is a blog about the death of my childhood friend, Thomas Kurihara, and the bonds we forged by playing poker together over many years.