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Certified Payroll Hub

Certified Payroll Hub

Certified Payroll Hub

Our end-to-end digital compliance platform

We're modernizing prevailing wage enforcement through secure, scalable infrastructure

Prevailing wage laws are critical to ensuring fair pay, quality workmanship, and responsible use of public funds on government-funded construction projects. But in practice, enforcing these laws has become increasingly difficult. Most agencies still rely on outdated, paper-based systems that are disconnected, labor-intensive, and reactive by design.

Contractor registration often lives in one system, certified payrolls are submitted in inconsistent formats — if submitted digitally at all — and staff must manually sift through documents to identify violations. Without real-time validation or cross-system visibility, enforcement teams are often left playing catch-up, responding to complaints or launching audits only after wage theft has already occurred.

This fragmented approach not only puts workers at risk of underpayment but also places honest contractors at a competitive disadvantage and undermines trust in public contracting. Agencies face growing expectations for transparency and accountability, but without the right infrastructure, their ability to deliver is limited.

That’s why we built the Certified Payroll Hub (or "The Hub" for short): to give public agencies a connected, digital system for enforcing prevailing wage laws proactively, accurately, and at scale.

Key Benefits

The Hub helps agencies modernize prevailing wage enforcement by replacing manual processes with a fully digital, user-centered system. The system is:


  • User Friendly: Designed for ease of use across contractor, staff, and administrator roles with intuitive dashboards and mobile responsiveness.

  • Automated: Built-in validation checks, compliance reminders, and error flagging reduce manual workload and ensure consistent oversight.

  • Transparent: FOIA-ready public access to redacted certified payrolls improves accountability and public confidence in wage enforcement

  • Integrated: Seamlessly connects contractor registration, payroll submission, project tracking, and apprenticeship data into one platform

  • Scalable: Configurable to meet the specific needs of any state or agency, from small teams to statewide deployments

The Hub helps agencies modernize prevailing wage enforcement by replacing manual processes with a fully digital, user-centered system. The system is:


  • User Friendly: Designed for ease of use across contractor, staff, and administrator roles with intuitive dashboards and mobile responsiveness.

  • Automated: Built-in validation checks, compliance reminders, and error flagging reduce manual workload and ensure consistent oversight.

  • Transparent: FOIA-ready public access to redacted certified payrolls improves accountability and public confidence in wage enforcement

  • Integrated: Seamlessly connects contractor registration, payroll submission, project tracking, and apprenticeship data into one platform

  • Scalable: Configurable to meet the specific needs of any state or agency, from small teams to statewide deployments

Technical Capabilites

The Hub is purpose-built for public sector implementation, combining flexibility, security, and interoperability with existing systems. It features:

  • Cloud-Based Security: Deployed on secure, scalable infrastructure with role-based access and full audit trails.

  • Configurable Workflows: Customizable for state-specific prevailing wage rules, file formats, approval chains, and fee structures.

  • Flexible Submission Options: Supports single sign-on and multiple upload types (CSV, web form, PDF) to accommodate contractors of all sizes.

  • Open Access Compliance: Includes a FOIA-compliant public portal with automatic redaction for protected data fields.

  • System Interoperability: Connects to debarment lists, UI wage databases, apprenticeship systems, and internal case tracking.

  • Responsive & Inclusive Design: Mobile-ready, multilingual, and designed for accessibility in the field and across devices.

The Hub is purpose-built for public sector implementation, combining flexibility, security, and interoperability with existing systems. It features:

  • Cloud-Based Security: Deployed on secure, scalable infrastructure with role-based access and full audit trails.

  • Configurable Workflows: Customizable for state-specific prevailing wage rules, file formats, approval chains, and fee structures.

  • Flexible Submission Options: Supports single sign-on and multiple upload types (CSV, web form, PDF) to accommodate contractors of all sizes.

  • Open Access Compliance: Includes a FOIA-compliant public portal with automatic redaction for protected data fields.

  • System Interoperability: Connects to debarment lists, UI wage databases, apprenticeship systems, and internal case tracking.

  • Responsive & Inclusive Design: Mobile-ready, multilingual, and designed for accessibility in the field and across devices.

The essentials

Pillars of our system

The Certified Payroll Hub is designed to deliver four essential qualities:

Contractor Registration Portal

Contractor Registration Portal

Contractor Registration Portal

The Contractor Registration Portal is the front door to the system. It enables contractors and subcontractors to register once, renew annually, and maintain compliance with labor requirements — giving agencies full visibility into contractor activity. It offers: simple FEIN-based registration with pre-populated info and document uploads, staff dashboards for approval, status tracking, and audit exports, seamless handoff to certified payroll tools, and automated reminders and fee tracking.


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Certified Payroll Submission

Certified Payroll Submission

Certified Payroll Submission

The Certified Payroll Submission feature makes it easy for contractors to report wage data accurately and on time. It accepts multiple file formats and validates entries at the point of submission—reducing staff burden and ensuring compliance before payrolls are filed. It offers: online form, CSV, and PDF submission options; built-in validation for wage classifications and project data; confirmation receipts and submission history for contractors; and a user-friendly, multilingual interface designed for accessibility in the field.

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Dashboard & Analytics

Dashboard & Analytics

Dashboard & Analytics

The Dashboards & Analytics component provides enforcement staff with the real-time insights they need to act quickly and effectively. It centralizes risk monitoring, highlights potential violations, and supports transparency through automated public reporting. It offers: staff dashboards that flag underpayments, debarred contractors, and data anomalies; cross-system integration with UI wage data, apprenticeship records, and debarment lists; a FOIA-compliant public portal with automatic PII redaction; and exportable datasets for audits, investigations, and legislative reporting.

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Spotlight

New Jersey Wage Hub

RIPL partnered with the New Jersey Department of Labor to design and launch the Wage Hub — a first-of-its-kind, cloud-based system that streamlines prevailing wage enforcement. The platform modernizes how the state collects, verifies, and acts on wage data, helping ensure workers on public projects are paid fairly and transparently.

Let’s modernize wage enforcement together

Our Certified Payroll Hub is already helping agencies improve compliance and protect workers — while reducing administrative burden and building public trust.

Ready to see how it could work in your state or municipality?

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