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Welcome and thank you for joining the DynCorp International SCA overview prepared for HRG. The following presentation will provide an overview of the Service Contract Act and how it impacts your SCA employees and Wage Determination contracts applicable to SCA. 1

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Page 1: SCA Overview for DynCorp HRG

Welcome and thank you for joining the DynCorp International SCA overview prepared for HRG. The following presentation will provide an overview of the Service Contract Act and how it impacts your SCA employees and Wage Determination contracts applicable to SCA.

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Service Contract Act also referred to as SCA

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What is the Service Contract Act or SCA? The McNamara O’Hara Service Contract Act was established back in 1965. The purpose of this Act is to provide prevailing wage and benefits to employees working on federal service contracts and subcontracts. Prevailing wage is determined by the Wage Determination or Area Wage Determination. SCA applies to contracts performing services in the United States, including U.S. territories. In the U.S. means In the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Outer Continental Shelf, American Samoa, Guam, Wake Island, Johnston Island, Northern Marianas.

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There are different types of Wage Determinations – one is an Area Wage Determination or Standard wage determination. The Area Wage Determination is generic, issued per locality, reflect locally prevailing wages, locality is county or group of counties, or larger areas. Area WDs may list over 300 classifications. The second is a NON Standard Wage Determination which is applicable to fast food, elevator maintenance, diving, moving household goods, etc. Non standard WDs reflect wages prevailing in a specific industry. A third type of WD is a CBA Wage Determination. These are based on predecessor collective bargaining agreements under SCA. The fourth is a Contract-Specific Wage Determination. These are WDs issued by specific request to DOL for unique (often sole-sourced) contracts, and cannot be used for any other contract.

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Department of Labor issues two standards WDs for each locality. Odd numbered WDs, also known as Individual, require payment of the health and welfare rate for all hours paid (work time and paid leave time) up to a maximum of 40 hours each week. Employees working on these contracts have Individual Premium Reserve Accounts within the DI Trust.

Even numbered WDs, also known as Average, require a contractor to pay a minimum contribution for benefits costing an average of the health and welfare rate for all hours worked including overtime hours by service employees on the contract. Employees working on these contracts share a contract-level Premium Reserve Account.

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As mentioned in the previous slide, Odd and Even wage determinations are determined by the number provided on the Wage Determination. This sample reflects an Odd numbered WD which means the accounting for health and welfare contributions will be required on all hours paid excluding overtime per each individual on the contract. SCA Wage determinations will also include information pertaining to fringe benefits such as corresponding fringe rate per hour.

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Now that we have covered the different types of wage determinations, we will discuss how they each vary. In this session we are presenting a brief comparison among these WDs. Hours paid excluding overtime are required on the Individual WD. New WDs are still being issued for Odd numbered WDs. Prevailing wage varies by area for the Davis Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) contracts. The DBRA contracts are reconciled on an individual basis, with hours paid including overtime. CBA contracts are dictated by regulations established during the bargaining agreement between the employer and the unions. Last is the Average contracts which require contributions on all hours worked including overtime. Compliance is measured on a contract-level basis for Even WDs.

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Fringe Benefits Compliance

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Under both types of Standard WDs, employers are required to provide fringe benefits to their employees. This includes an hourly amount for health and welfare. There is one rate for all localities with the exception of Hawaii. The fringe rate is currently set at $4.27 per hour, and it is typically revised by Department of Labor annually. Employers are required to provide a specified number of paid holidays and vacation weeks as part of the fringe benefit requirements.

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As mentioned previously, the health and welfare rate generally increases every year. However, it is the contracting officer’s responsibility to notify their contractors of these rate increases. It is important to note these new rates are paid on the contract option dates or anniversary dates. If the contractor decides to pay these new rates before the contract anniversary date, they will not be able to recover the difference between these rates under price adjustment. Our recommendation to contractors is to increase wages or fringe benefits once it has been modified into their contract with an effective date.

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There are multiple ways for employers to satisfy or meet their fringe benefit obligation. One method is to pay the fringe to their SCA employees as cash in lieu of benefits, another is to make retirement plan contributions, while yet another is to directly pay for qualified benefits, or establish a bona fide plan or trust to contribute health and welfare obligation which in turn pays for qualified benefits. Contributions allocated into a trust are irrevocable to the employer. Some employers have chosen multiple methods to meet their compliance such as pay for qualified benefits and provide cash in lieu. This is acceptable as long as the total value of the fringe benefits meets or exceeds the health and welfare requirement.

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There is not an definitive list of benefits that meet the fringe requirements provided by the Department of Labor. In this slide we, list some of the most common benefits employers establish to meet their fringe requirement such as medical, dental, life and ancillary benefits. It is important to note employer may only take credit for paid time off and other paid leave provided in excess of what is required by Federal, state, or local law to include what is contained in the WD.

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There are benefits that do not meet the fringe benefits requirements. For example, vacation and holiday pay benefits that are required by the wage determination do not satisfy this requirement. Other benefits required by federal, state, or local law such as FICA, unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation and paid time off do not qualify to meet this requirement either. Other benefits in this category are relocation, incentive awards, uniforms, and club membership dues to name a few.

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Premium Reserve Account or PRA. In the next few slides we will cover what we mean by the term Premium Reserve Account and how it benefits DynCorp International employees.

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As we covered earlier during this presentation, employees working on Odd numbered wage determinations have Individual accounts. A premium reserve balance is established for each employee within the voluntary employees beneficiary association or VEBA trust. On a monthly basis, health and welfare contributions, which is your hours paid multiplied by the corresponding health and welfare rate along with payroll deductions withheld, are allocated into DynCorp International employees’ premium reserve account. Monthly premium payments are submitted to each carrier based on each employees benefit enrollment. The residual balance remains in the employees’ accounts until it reaches the designated threshold. The threshold is determined by the employer and is unique to each employee’s enrollment. DynCorp International has elected three (3) months as the premium reserve account threshold. Once an account exceeds the PRA threshold, all excess health and welfare dollars are transferred to the designated account. For example, if an employee’s monthly premiums total $500, any contributions above $1,500 PRA threshold will be allocated into the surplus account. DynCorp International has set up a retirement account as the designated surplus account. Excess funds are transferred on a quarterly basis. Employees will receive a quarterly statement, including the retirement transfer amount, if applicable. For those employees who are terminated, the funds remaining in their premium reserve account do not revert back to DynCorp International. Instead, these funds are transferred to the employee’s retirement account. These transfers typically occur at the end of the quarter after termination.

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In this slide you will see three sample employees. All three examples show the same amount of hours and employer contributions. The total contributions vary depending on the amount of sick paid leave (in excess of wage determination) each employee took. You will also notice, benefit elections are different. Employee C is enrolled in medical, dental, and vision family coverage, therefore, this employee is contributing into the plan via employee contributions. Employee A opted out of medical, and employee B is enrolled in the employee-only medical plan which is covered by the fringe. Therefore, both of these examples show $0.00 employee contributions. Because employee C has dependent coverage, he must maintain a PRA threshold of $4,521 dollars before any excess is allocated into his retirement account. The other two employees will meet their PRA threshold sooner.

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As we covered earlier during this presentation, employees working on Even numbered wage determinations share a contract-level premium reserve. The premium reserve balance is established within the voluntary employees beneficiary association or VEBA trust. On a monthly basis, health and welfare contributions which are the hours worked multiplied by the corresponding health and welfare rate along, with any payroll deductions withheld are allocated into DynCorp International employees’ premium reserve account. Monthly premium payments are submitted to each carrier based on each employees benefit enrollment. The residual balance remains in the account until it reaches the designated threshold. The threshold is determined by the employer and it is based on total monthly benefit costs for all employees within the contract. DynCorp International has elected three (3) months as the premium reserve account threshold. Once the account exceeds the PRA threshold, all excess health and welfare dollars are transferred to the designated account on a pro rata basis, which equals the employee’s hours worked divided by total hours worked by all employees across the contract. DynCorp International has set up a retirement account as the designated surplus. Excess funds are transferred on a quarterly basis. Employees will receive a letter by mail if they are eligible for a retirement transfer.

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In this slide you will see three separate quarters of data. All three quarters show the same amount of hours and employer contributions. The total contributions would vary depending on the amount of sick paid leave (in excess of Wage Determination) all of the employees took in that quarter. Unlike the Individual example, benefits and other expenses total the same amount across all three quarters. The premium reserve balance is calculated on quarterly basis for all 1000 employees. The premium reserve threshold for this contract was met in the second and third quarter. The surplus allocation for this contract is $620,613 for the third quarter.

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In this slide we show how the third quarter $620,613 surplus allocation is divided among the employees working on the same average contract. Employee A has worked .10% of the overall contract hours. Therefore, his surplus allocation is greater than Employee B who only worked 0.07% of the overall contract hours. Employee C shows the greatest allocation since he worked 0.11% of the overall contract hours.

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Employee communication is a key tool in communicating fringe benefits compliance to your employees, although the Department of Labor does not require employers to communicate to employees how they achieve compliance. Employees often misunderstand which hours count towards the employer’s fringe benefit obligation. For example, for those working on the Odd-numbered or Individual Wage Determination contract, only hours paid up to 40 hours a week are accounted for in the fringe reconciliation. Employees also misunderstand how the qualified benefits count towards their employer’s fringe benefit obligation. Therefore, although it is not required, our recommendation is for employers to provide regular statements or other communications with the employee’s specific health and welfare compliance reconciliation.

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Employees working under the Odd numbered or Individual wage determination contracts receive a premium reserve account statement mailed to their homes for every quarter. Employees working under the even numbered or average wage determination contracts receive a health and welfare reconciliation letter by mail for every quarter. The letter is mailed to participants who are eligible for contributions into the retirement plan for that quarter.

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Here is a sample of an Individual Premium Reserve Account paper statement. The top section titled “Contributions,” reflects the hours paid for this quarter. Additionally, the amount DynCorp International has contributed to your 401k for the quarter, the amount of payroll deductions for the quarter labeled “Employee Contributions” and the employer health and welfare contributions amount made on your behalf for the quarter, labeled “Employer Contributions” are also shown. The middle section labeled “Benefits and Other Expenses” shows all the qualified benefits paid based on the employee’s elections. The last section is the Premium Reserve account balance. This section starts with a beginning PRA balance, the Total Contributions from above made on your behalf, the Benefit Payments and Expenses, and amount allocated to your retirement account, if applicable. We encourage DynCorp International employees to contact Government Service Administrators (GSA) with any questions related to these statements. Our customer support toll-free telephone and email address are included on each statement.

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Each paper statement includes a How to Read Guide or tutorial. This guide is customized for each contract. The purpose of this tutorial is to assist the employees in better understanding the PRA statements provided by Salera-Government Service Administrators (GSA).

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As mentioned previously, those employees working on even numbered or average wage determination contracts receive a Health and Welfare Reconciliation Letter mailed to their homes on a quarterly basis. Here is a sample of the letter. The letter is mailed to participants who are eligible for contributions into the retirement plan for that quarter.

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Thank you for taking the time to view this presentation. Please direct employees with any questions to contact GSA. They can be reached toll-free at 1-800-250-2741 or via email at [email protected].

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