Certified Payroll Checklist for Contractors
The line items that get a WH-347 rejected, and how to clear them before submission.
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Construction
Workforce Solutions
Built for Business
Payroll. Workers' Compensation. Staffing. HR. Compliance. Workforce Management.
CGS Global helps businesses manage the people, payroll, protection, and infrastructure behind their workforce.
Construction • Hospitality • Restaurants • Industrial • Professional Services
40+
Years Combined Experience
$412M
Payroll Processed
11,400+
Workers Supported
23
States Served
260+
Construction Clients
What we fix
The five things that pull contractors off the jobsite
Cash flow
Receivables sit 30–60 days out while payroll lands every Friday.
Payroll complexity
Certified payroll, prevailing wage and multi-state crews on one job.
Workers' compensation
High-mod rates, audits and claims that quietly eat your margin.
Hiring
Skilled trades gaps that stall a schedule you already committed to.
Compliance
DOL, OSHA, I-9 and union reporting handled between site visits.
Core solutions
Four pillars. One workforce provider.
Everything CGS does sits under one of these four. You should never have to decipher an org chart to find out what we can do for you.
Payroll & Payroll Funding
Weekly construction payroll funded against outstanding receivables, with certified payroll and prevailing wage handled in the same run.
- Certified payroll & WH-347
- Prevailing wage rates
- Payroll funding
- Garnishments & tax administration
- Job-site time tracking
Workers' Compensation & Risk
Pay-as-you-go coverage, claims management and jobsite safety programs that work on your experience mod, not just your premium.
- Pay-as-you-go work comp
- Claims & audit support
- OCIP / CCIP administration
- Safety programs & training
- Return-to-work planning
Construction Staffing
Vetted skilled and general labor when a schedule tightens — screened, insured and payrolled by CGS from day one.
- Skilled trades placement
- General labor crews
- Temp-to-hire
- Background & drug screening
- Recruiting support
HR, Compliance & Workforce Management
The administrative layer behind your crews: onboarding, benefits, employee records and the reporting agencies ask for.
- HR support & handbooks
- Benefits administration
- Time & attendance
- I-9, DOL & OSHA compliance
- Cybersecurity & data protection
Payroll funding
Waiting 30–60 Days to Get Paid While Payroll Is Due Friday?
Payroll funding is the reason most contractors call us first. We advance the cash your crews are owed while your customer receivables are still outstanding — so growth never depends on collections.
You keep building. We help keep payroll moving.
See if your payroll qualifiesYour terms say 45 days
The GC pays when the GC pays. Retainage sits longer still.
Your crew gets paid Friday
Every week, regardless of where the draw is in the approval stack.
CGS closes the gap
We fund the payroll, process it, and collect when your receivable lands.
Why contractors choose CGS
We speak construction payroll, not generic payroll
A national payroll platform can cut a check. It cannot tell you which class code a laborer shifted into mid-week, reconcile fringes on a prevailing wage job, or file certified payroll the GC will accept. CGS is a family-owned firm with 40+ years of combined experience doing exactly that work.
Trade association memberships, certifications and licensing details go here once documented.
- Certified payroll and WH-347 reporting
- Prevailing wage and Davis-Bacon jobs
- Multi-state crews and reciprocity
- Union and non-union payroll
- OCIP and CCIP administration
- Garnishments and tax administration
- Job-site time tracking and cost coding
- Workers' comp audits and claims
- Job costing by phase and class code
How CGS works
Switching providers takes four steps
Most contractors are fully transitioned inside one or two payroll cycles, without a gap in pay or coverage.
- 01
Tell Us About Your Workforce
We review your payroll, staffing, workers' compensation and compliance requirements.
- 02
We Build Your Solution
CGS configures the right combination of payroll, funding and workforce services.
- 03
We Handle Implementation
Our team assists with onboarding, payroll transition and employee setup.
- 04
You Run Your Business
CGS manages the administrative burden behind your workforce, week after week.
Case study
Commercial Contractor — 185 Employees — 3 States
Problem
Payroll pressure while waiting on project receivables, with certified payroll filed manually by a two-person back office.
CGS solution
Payroll funding, certified payroll and workers' compensation administration consolidated under a single weekly process.
Result
- Payroll funded on time every week through a 9-month receivables cycle
- Certified payroll accepted on first submission across all three states
- Roughly 22 administrative hours returned to the office each month
- One provider for payroll, funding, work comp and compliance
Technology
Construction Time & Attendance
Accurate field hours are the difference between a job that costs what you bid and one that doesn't. CGS time tracking is built for crews that move between sites, trades and cost codes in the same week.
Clock in from the jobsite
Crews punch from a phone or a shared site tablet — no paper time cards riding back to the office.
Geofenced by job
Hours land against the right job, phase and cost code automatically.
Verified punches
Photo or biometric verification removes buddy punching from the equation.
Straight into payroll
Approved time flows into certified payroll without a second entry.
Already a client? Manager and employee instructions live in the TimeRack / TempWorks support area.
In their words
Contractors who stopped running payroll themselves
“We stopped choosing between making payroll and taking the next job. That was the whole problem, and it went away in one cycle.”
Operations Principal
Commercial GC · 140 field employees · Georgia
“Certified payroll used to eat two days a week. CGS files it, and the GC has never kicked one back.”
Controller
Electrical contractor · 65 employees · Tennessee
“Our mod came down because somebody was finally managing claims instead of just renewing the policy.”
Owner
Concrete contractor · 90 employees · Alabama
Trusted by contractors across the Southeast
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Industries served
Specialized by trade, not by headcount tier
General ContractorsMulti-sub jobs, certified payroll, OCIP/CCIP.Electrical ContractorsUnion and non-union crews, prevailing wage.Roofing CompaniesHigh-mod work comp, seasonal crew swings.HVAC ContractorsService techs, travel time, multi-state licensing.Concrete ContractorsDay-labor volume, class code accuracy.Staffing CompaniesPayroll funding against client receivables.
Resource center
Compliance reading for people who bid work
Prevailing Wage vs. Regular Payroll
Fringe handling, rate determinations and where crews get misclassified.
Read the guideOCIP vs. CCIP Explained
Who carries the coverage, who administers it, and what it does to your payroll reporting.
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Get Payroll Off Your Plate
Schedule a 15-minute workforce consultation. We will look at your payroll cycle, your receivables timing and your work comp exposure, and tell you plainly whether CGS is a fit.
- No obligation and no software demo required
- Straight answers on payroll funding eligibility
- Transition handled inside one or two pay cycles