--- title: Managing Unsupervised Apprentice Hours description: "In accordance with Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship (PWA) requirements, apprentices must be supervised by a journeyworker while performing work on a project. 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[Settings Page](https://help.reunioninfra.com/settings-page?hsLang=en) # Managing Unsupervised Apprentice Hours ## In accordance with Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship (PWA) requirements, apprentices must be supervised by a journeyworker while performing work on a project. Our platform identifies potential "unsupervised hours" by comparing the daily labor hours of an apprentice against the hours worked by their corresponding journeyworker. ### How the Platform Identifies Unsupervised Hours The system flags a day as having unsupervised hours if one or more apprentices work a different number of hours than their assigned journeyworker. This discrepancy suggests that for a portion of the workday, the apprentice may have been working without direct supervision. ### Default Behavior: Toggle "OFF" When the **"Consider apprentices with unsupervised apprentice hours as journeyworkers"** setting is disabled (default), the platform maintains the following behavior: - **Dashboard Indicators:** The **Apprenticeship Ratio** column will display a yellow badge (e.g., "1 day") to alert you to the discrepancy. - **Compliance Status:** The ratio requirement may still be marked as "Compliant" in yellow if the headcount ratio was technically met, but the specific hours remain flagged for your review. - **Payroll Reporting:** On the individual payroll report, a tooltip will appear over the flagged ratio when you hover over it, noting the specific date and the reason for the flag (different number of labor hours than the journeyworker). ![Screenshot 2026-04-10 at 12.38.03 PM](https://help.reunioninfra.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-04-10%20at%2012.38.03%20PM.png?width=663&height=253&name=Screenshot%202026-04-10%20at%2012.38.03%20PM.png) ![Screenshot 2026-04-10 at 12.39.45 PM](https://help.reunioninfra.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-04-10%20at%2012.39.45%20PM.png?width=438&height=296&name=Screenshot%202026-04-10%20at%2012.39.45%20PM.png) --- ### What Happens When Toggled "ON"? If you enable the setting to **"Consider apprentices with unsupervised apprentice hours as journeyworkers,"** the platform will automatically adjust how these specific hours are treated for compliance calculations: - **Reclassification:** Any apprentice labor hours deemed "unsupervised" for that day are treated as **journeyworker hours** for compliance purposes. - **Impact on Apprentice Ratio:** Because the apprentice is temporarily reclassified as a journeyworker for those hours, it may cause a violation in your daily apprentice-to-journeyworker ratio requirement. - **Impact on Labor Hours Requirement:** These hours will no longer count toward your project's total apprentice labor hour percentage, potentially lowering your overall percentage for the apprentice labor hours requirement. --- ### How to Enable This Setting This is a **General Setting** managed by Project Sponsors. 1. Navigate to the **Settings** page. 2. Locate the **General** section. 3. Check the box for **"Consider apprentices with unsupervised apprentice hours as journeyworkers"**. 4. Click **Save**. ![Screenshot 2026-04-10 at 12.47.14 PM](https://help.reunioninfra.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-04-10%20at%2012.47.14%20PM.png?width=636&height=222&name=Screenshot%202026-04-10%20at%2012.47.14%20PM.png) > **Note:** Toggling this setting "on" is a more conservative approach to compliance. 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