I am a small business that recently was awarded a contract with a local government in Illinois to build docks. The contract included, of course, the prevailing wage provision. I do the majority of the labor involved with the construction of these docks, but I do hire (as independent contractors) individuals to assist with the construction work. It is unclear to me (1) how to categorize these individuals and are they in fact covered by this prevailing wage requirement (2) exactly what kind of reporting and record keeping is required in this situation, since it does not involved actual employees and payroll records.