Public Works & Prevailing Wage Contractor Registration (PWCR)

In an effort to streamline the registration process, we have made improvements to our online registration system.

These changes should make the process easier for businesses to meet registration requirements. Please check out

the links and screen shots below to familiarize yourself with some of the changes that have been made. We

anticipate calls from the public regarding these changes. For any questions and concerns, staff can refer callers to

our public works e-mail address – public[email protected].gov.

URL to website information: https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html (website to be updated)

URL to Online Application: https://cadir.my.site.com/registrations/s/login/ (website to be updated)

URL to PWCR Search: https://cadir.my.salesforce-sites.com/ContractorSearch (website to be updated)

CREATING ACCOUNT

1. All registrants, whether new or renewing, will need to create a new account to login. Registrants who are

renewing will be able to link their information to a new account, but they must create an account first. Users

can create an online account by clicking hyperlink <New User>.

2. To create an account, registrants must complete the “Create an Account” form. The fields marked with an

asterisk “*” are required. Required Fields below: First and Last Name, Email, Password. Once all information

has been filled out, you will hae to click the box on the bottom right hand side to verify “I’m not a robot” .

Then finally, click <Submit>.

3. To update information on an account, go to the top right-hand corner and click on your account name. A

drop-down box will appear and once it does, click <My Profile>.

4. On the Profile section you can update any field once you click <Edit>. If you have a new email, you will need

to create a new account. Again, you cannot update your email address.

5. On the Edit User screen, you can update your information. Once you are complete click on <Save>.

6. If you choose to change your password, logout to the login screen and use the “Forgot your password?”.

7. On Password Reset screen, enter your username and click <Reset Password>.

LINKING EXISTING REGISTRATION

1. An account must be created before linking to a registration. If an account has not been created, please refer

to the “Creating Account” section.

2. Once the account is created, registrants will automatically be logged in and directed to the “My Dashboard”

screen where they can link to an existing registration or create a new registration.

3. If a user has an existing registration with DLSE, they can click the <Link Existing Registration> button to

transfer over their previous registration information from the legacy system to the new online registration

system or link a current registration.

a. PLEASE NOTE: if you are doing a Public Works & Prevailing Wage registration that the last bullet point

only pertains to Car Wash.

4. Registrants must enter the License Registration Number, Mailing City (indicated on their previous

registration), and Registration Type which would be “Public Works & Prevailing Wage”. Your License

Registration Number for

a. Legacy Registration does NOT need the prefix ONLY the 10-digits (e.g., 1000058007)

b. New Registration must include the prefix “PW-LR-” before the 10-digits registration numbers. (e.g.,

PW-LR-1001032751).

c. Next, click <Search> to get the results.

5. If there is a current registration application that matches the information entered, the search results will

display with a “Link” button. Click <Link> to link the application to the legacy system account.

6. Once the registration application is linked to the user’s account, you will be redirected to the “My

Dashboard” screen and you will be able to renew the application. In order to renew, the date you are

registering must be 60-days or less from the registration expiration date (“Renew” link will be located in the

“Registration #” column).

7. Other account users may link to an active registration as well. An email will be sent to the business email

requesting access to the Registration Number.

8. It will be up to whomever accesses the business email to grant permission by clicking on the link, completing

the “Access Request” section, and then submit.

NEW CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION

1. An account must be created before creating a new registration. If an account has not been created,

please refer to “Creating Account” section. If you already created a contractor registration in the past, go

to “Link Existing Registration”.

2. To start a new registration, select “Public Works & Prevailing Wage Contractor Registration” from the

dropdown menu and click <New>.

3. If the system finds active registration(s) associated with your account, a pop-up message will appear. If

you understand the terms and would like to continue, select “Yes”.

4. Complete the “Contractor Information” screen. The fields marked with an asterisk “*” are required.

Each Contractor Legal Entity Type (Corporation, Limited Liability Company, Sole Proprietor, Limited

Partnerships, Joint Venture, and General Partnership) will have specific requirements. After you

complete the required fields, click <Next> to continue to the next page.

a. Be aware that if you click “Delete & Exit” button, the progress of your registration will be deleted

and you will have to start over from the begining if you did not go to the very end and submit the

registration.

5. Legal Entity Information has specific requirements for each the Legal Entity Type (Corporation, Limited

Liability Company, Sole Proprietor, Limited Partnerships, Joint Venture, and General Partnership).

a. Corporation

i. Click <+ Add Role> button to add corporate information, President’s name is required.

b. Limited Liability Company (LLC)

i. Click <+ New> button to add Member(s) Legal Name and Legal Entity Type.

c. Sole Proprietor

i. Click <+ New> button to add Sole Proprietor’s information.

d. Limited Liability Partnership / Limited Partnerships (LLP/LP)

i. Click <+ New> button to add Partner(s) Legal Name and Legal Entity Type.

e. Joint Venture

i. Click <+ New> button to add to Joint Venture Partner(s) Legal Name and Legal Entity

Type.

ii. At least two Joint Venture Partner Names are required

f. General Partnership

i. Click <+ New> button to add to Partner(s) Legal Name and Legal Entity Type.

6. Agent for Service

a. This selection may NOT apply to all Entity Type. Agent for Service is required for the following

Entity Types: Corporation, LLC, and LLP/LP.

b. All fields with an asterisk “*” must be completed, click <Next> to continue to the next page.

7. Contractor Address

a. All fields with an asterisk “*” must be completed, click <Next> to continue to the next page.

8. Crafts or Classification

a. Please select at least one craft or classification that your company performs, click <Next> to

continue.

9. Worker’s Compensation

a. All fields with an asterisk “*” must be completed, click <Next> to continue.

9. Contractor Certification

a. Contractor must answer the following questions with an asterisk “*”, click <Next> to continue.

10. Lapse in Registration

a. Contractor must answer the following question with an asterisk “*”, click <Next> to continue.

11. Registration Effective Date and Registration Periods

a. Contractor chooses their effective date (eg. Today, July 1).

b. Contractors can register up to three fiscal years at a time and can select any increments. (eg. 1 year,

2 years, or 3 years) , click <Next> to continue.

12. Penalty of Perjury

a. All fields with an asterisk “*” must be completed, click <Next> to continue.

13. Penalty of Perjury Statement

a. Penalty of Perjury Statement will appear, review the statement if you agree, choose “yes” on “Ready

to Complete Payment and click <Next> to continue.

14. Payment Method

a. Each selection (Contractor Information, Legal Entity Information, Agent for Service, Contractor

Address, Crafts, Workers Compensation, Contractor Certification, Lapse in Registration, Registration

Periods, Penalty of Perjuy, and Penalty of Perjury Statement) with an asterisk “*” fields must be

completely filled out in order for you to be able to click the “Submit” button.

b. If you recieved the following message:

“Your registration cannot be submitted. Either 1. You have not entered all required

information 2. Your answers to Contractor Certification questions have prevented you from

registering 3. You have indicated you are not ready to complete your payment. 4. You have

already submitted your registration. Please review all information entered.”

You must go throught the previous pages and review the required fields.

c. If the system accepts the online registration, you can complete the registration process by making

payment by either check/ACH or credit card for registration submitted online. Please Note, there is

no online payment method available to those who submit a paper application. Paper applications

must mail their registration along with a cashier’s check or money order made payable to Division of

Labor Standards Enforcement to the address: PO Box 511215, Los Angeles, CA 90051-3013. Please

include the contractor registration number on the check.

i. All fields with an asterisk “*” must be completed, click <Submit> to continue.

15. After the registration has been submitted, click <Return to home> to get to the “My Dashboard” screen

to continue with payment.

CREDIT CARD PAYMENT

a. On “My Dashboard” click <Pay Now> for to pay for registration.

b. Click on <Enter Payment Info> to input Credit Card information.

c. Submit Payment – Pay Credit

i. The system accepts VISA, Mastercard, American Express or Discover.

ii. All fields with an asterisk “*” must be completed, click <Next> to continue.

d. Confirm & Submit Pay Credit

i. Review information, if accurate click <Confirm & Submit Payment> to finalize the

registration process.

16. CHECK / ACH PAYMENT

a. If you select Check/ACH, then then a copy of your registration will be emailed to you after your

submission. Please include a copy of your registration along with the check payment and mail to the

following address:

State of California, Department of Industrial Relations

Public Works Contractor Registration Unit,

P.O. Box 511215, Los Angeles, California 90051-3013.

b. Your registration will not be active until the payment has been received and processed. This may

take up to 8 weeks.

RENEWING A REGISTRATION

1. To renew, login to account.

2. Once you login, you will be directed to “My Dashboard” and there will be a green “Renew” button if renewal

is available. Click <Renew> to start the renewal process.

For the renewal registration, please review all information that auto generates from the prior year registration and

updated required fields.

a. Please Note: To make changes to grammatical or spelling errors of your business name, you can

email us publicworks@dir.ca.gov

b. However, you cannot change / edit your company name if it is a change in legal entity. You must

create a new registration for any new legal entity and / or changes to your business name.

4. For clarification on legal name changes or additional questions, email publicworks@dir.ca.gov.

5. Payment Method

a. Each selection (Contractor Information, Legal Entity Information, Contractor Address, Craft, Worker’s

Compensation, Contractor Certification, Lapse in Registration, Registration Periods, Penalty of Perjuy,

and Penalty of Perjury Statement) with an asterisk “*” fields must be completely filled out to get the

“Submit” button.

You must go throught the previous pages and review the required fields if you recieved the following

message:

““Your registration cannot be submitted. Either 1. You have not entered all required

information 2. Your answers to Contractor Certification questions have prevented you from

registering 3. You have indicated you are not ready to complete your payment. 4. You have

already submitted your registration. Please review all information entered.”

If the system accepts the online registration, you can make payment by either via check/ACH or credit card for

registrations submitted online. There is no online payment method available to those who submit a paper

application. Paper applications must mail their registration along with a cashier’s check or money order made

payable to Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

i. All fields with an asterisk “*” must be completed, click <Submit> to continue.

After registration has been submitted, click <Return to home> to get to “My Dashboard” to continue

with payment.

CREDIT CARD PAYMENT

a. On “My Dashboard” click <Pay Now> for to pay for registration.

b. Click on <Enter Payment Info> to input Credit Card information.

c. Submit Payment – Pay Credit

i. The system accepts VISA, Mastercard, American Express or Discover.

ii. All fields with an asterisk “*” must be completed, click <Next> to continue.

d. Confirm & Submit Pay Credit

i. Review information, if accurate click <Confirm & Submit Payment> to finalize the

registration process.

7. CHECK / ACH PAYMENT

a. If Check/ACH is selected then after submittions then a copy of your registration will be emailed.

Please include a copy of your registration along with the check and mail to the following address:

State of California, Department of Industrial Relations

Public Works Contractor Registration Unit,

P.O. Box 511215, Los Angeles, California 90051-3013.

b. Please note, your registration will not be active until the payment has been received and processed.

This may take up to 8 weeks.

PUBLIC WORKS & PREVAILING WAGE CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION SEARCH

URL to PWCR Search: https://cadir.my.salesforce-sites.com/ContractorSearch (website to be updated)

1. Search contractor registration by entering at least one criteria to display registered public works & Prevailing

Wage contractor(s) matching your selections. Searchable criterias: Legal name, PWCR, CLSB #, DBA, Dates,

County, and City. Click <Search> once a searchable criteria is inputed.

a. Craft filters can be added as long as theres is at least one search criteria.

b. Search results will display all of the public works & prevailing wage contractor registrations, both

current and expired.

2. To view more information on the registration click on <View Details> and a new tab will open.

3. To “Print PDF” or “Export” registration record must be added to “My List”. All registrations found can be add

to my list or a single registrations can be added by click <Add all to my list> or <+ Add to My List>.

4. Once there are registration records in “My List” click either <Print PDF> or <Export>. The “ Export” will be in

an MS Excel Worksheet.

5. The URLs of the search results and details tab can be copy and that would save that particular search criteria

fields.

If you encounter any error messages, please take a screen shot of the error and send to

publicworks@dir.ca.gov