Compliance

PeritusSeptember 18, 2024 • 4 min read

Helping Construction Customers Meet Compliance and Regulatory Requirements 

Rhumbix is a construction-focused software platform that is designed to address several compliance and operational needs in the industry, particularly around labor tracking, payroll, and safety management.  Using our software, contractors can reduce administrative burdens, avoid costly fines, and ensure smooth project execution while staying compliant with the ever-evolving regulatory landscape.

Contact us to learn more about how Rhumbix can help with the key compliance and regulation requirements

Comprehensive Labor Compliance Tools

  • Timekeeping and Payroll Integration: Rhumbix excels at digitizing timekeeping by tracking labor hours in real time. This ensures accurate documentation of hours worked, including overtime, breaks, and compliance with laws such as California Wage Order 16. It integrates with payroll systems to automate wage calculations, reducing the risk of errors and ensuring compliance with labor laws.
  • Davis-Bacon and Certified Payroll: Rhumbix simplifies certified payroll reporting for public projects. It ensures that the necessary timecard data is accurately tracked, reported, and that employees sign attestations confirming each day’s work. We help contractors comply with federal and state prevailing wage requirements such as those under the Davis-Bacon Act.

OSHA and Safety Compliance Features

  • Safety Management and Incident Reporting: Rhumbix has features that allow contractors to plan and track Pre-Task Plans, Activity Hazard Analyses, conduct site inspections, and report hazards or near misses. By maintaining a digital record of safety-related inspections and activities, such as Toolbox Talks, Rhumbix helps contractors respond quickly to safety issues and ensure compliance with OSHA requirements.
  • License & Certification Management (COMING IN 2025): Rhumbix will soon let customers track worker licenses, certifications, and training data, ensuring that all employees are up-to-date on required safety certifications. Alerts for expiring certifications help contractors stay compliant with safety regulations.

Compliance Documentation and Reporting

  • Automated Reporting: Rhumbix provides robust reporting capabilities, generating timekeeping and safety reports automatically. These reports are critical for demonstrating compliance with labor and safety regulations, and understanding risk exposure due to missing or inaccurate documentation.
  • Audit-Ready Documentation: The Rhumbix platform stores labor data, signed timecards, safety documentation, and other compliance-related materials in a centralized system. This ensures contractors can quickly access audit-ready documents when needed.

Prevailing Wage and Public Works Compliance

  • Wage Calculation Based on Prevailing Wage: Rhumbix allows contractors to track labor in accordance with prevailing wage requirements for public works projects. It helps automate the calculation and reporting of wages based on location and trade, ensuring compliance with prevailing wage laws.
  • Public Works Project Management: For public works projects, Rhumbix timecard data is used to support the submission of certified payroll reports, which are critical for meeting the requirements of government contracts.

Environmental and Sustainability Compliance

  • Environmental Regulations Tracking: Rhumbix’s custom form solutions allows contractors to track required documentation related to environmental exposures and controls. For example, Rhumbix can be used to document the removal of contaminated soils or other hazardous materials from project sites, as well as to build safety checklists to ensure proper environmental controls are put in place before work begins.

Mobile Accessibility

  • Mobile Timekeeping and Field Management: Rhumbix is designed for use in the field, providing mobile-friendly timekeeping and reporting tools. Workers can clock in/out and supervisors can manage compliance activities directly from job sites using mobile devices, ensuring real-time data capture and compliance.
  • Mobile Safety Reporting: Field supervisors can use Rhumbix to report incidents and track safety measures from mobile devices, ensuring that safety compliance is maintained throughout the project.

Integration with Existing Systems

  • Seamless Integration: Rhumbix integrates with other systems, such as payroll platforms and accounting tools, to streamline operations and ensure that compliance data (e.g., timekeeping, payroll) is synced across platforms. This reduces the need for manual entry and helps ensure compliance data is accurate and up-to-date.

Customization for Regional Regulations

  • State and Local Compliance: Rhumbix is flexible and can be configured to handle state-specific compliance requirements, such as CA Wage Order 16. This helps contractors adhere to local regulations more easily, ensuring wage and hour compliance for workers in different jurisdictions.

User-Friendly Interface

  • Ease of Use: Rhumbix is designed to be intuitive, with a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for workers and supervisors to use in the field. Its simplicity helps boost adoption across construction teams, reducing the risk of errors and improving compliance tracking.
  • Automation and Workflow Management: Rhumbix automates many compliance-related tasks, such as generating reports and tracking certifications, which reduces the manual burden on administrative teams and ensures compliance workflows are streamlined.

Real-Time Alerts and Notifications

  • Proactive Alerts: Rhumbix can provide real-time notifications and alerts for labor compliance issues, such as missed time entries, overtime hours, or pending payroll submissions. This helps contractors stay proactive in addressing compliance challenges and avoid last-minute rushes or violations.

Data Security and Privacy Compliance

  • Data Protection: Rhumbix is built with strong data security measures to protect sensitive information, including employee timekeeping and payroll data. It ensures compliance with privacy regulations such as CCPA by safeguarding data and allowing contractors to control access permissions.
  • User Permissions and Access Controls: The platform offers role-based access, ensuring that only authorized users can view or modify sensitive labor data, helping contractors comply with data privacy and security regulations.