NY's shift to mandatory electronic certified payroll has raised the stakes for every contractor on a public works job. Here's what certified payroll compliance actually requires now — and how to stop building it by hand.

Most union contractors running public jobs in NY, NJ, and PA treat certified payroll and union payroll as the same obligation. They're not — and one wrong fringe rate, one late WH-347, or one misclassified worker can trigger a DOL audit, back-pay orders, or debarment from public work. Here's what every union contractor needs to know before it costs them a contract.