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See a LIVE fringe calculator run your crew's numbers on screen. In a few minutes, you'll see exactly what your current setup is costing you, and how much you're leaving on the table.

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Nobody's breaking the law here. That's the point.

The most expensive fringe mistakes aren't the ones that get you a back-wage bill. They're the quiet ones. The fringe dollars you pay twice because you're not taking credits. The fringe you're paying out as cash when it could go into a trust. Both are fully compliant. Both are money walking off your jobs.

**The Wage and Hour Division recovered $259 million in back wages last year**, a five-year high, *and fringe miscalculation is one of the leading causes.* But the bigger number for most contractors isn't the fine. It's the credits they've never taken. For one contractor we're working with right now, that gap is roughly $900,000 a year.

In 60 minutes, we'll show you both ways fringe costs you money, and a live tool that puts a real dollar figure on yours.

**What you'll walk away with:**

*   The two ways to get fringe wrong, and why the expensive one is 100% legal
*   The overtime mistake that means you're overpaying on every prevailing wage check (hint: the premium goes on the base, not the fringe)
*   Fringe credits: whether you're paying for the same dollars twice, and how much you could take back
*   Annualization, the thing that quietly shrinks the credit you're owed
*   What to actually look for in a fringe trust, starting with whether your crew can get to their money
*   A live fringe calculator that runs a real crew's numbers, so you can run your own in seconds

**Who it's for:**

Payroll managers, controllers, and owners running public works projects who'd rather keep their fringe dollars than hand them over for nothing.
