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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.1

FAR 22.103-2 Policy.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section states that contractors should perform contracts without using overtime as a regular practice, unless it lowers overall costs to the Government or is needed for urgent program needs. Any approved overtime or shift arrangements should be scheduled to meet these objectives.

Applies to: Contractors performing Government contracts

What it requires

  • Perform contracts without using overtime so far as practicable
  • Avoid using overtime as a regular employment practice
  • Schedule any approved overtime, extra-pay shifts, and multishifts to achieve these objectives

Key terms: overtime · extra-pay shifts · multishifts · urgent program needs

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

Contractors shall perform all contracts, so far as practicable, without using overtime, particularly as a regular employment practice, except when lower overall costs to the Government will result or when it is necessary to meet urgent program needs. Any approved overtime, extra-pay shifts, and multishifts should be scheduled to achieve these objectives.

← 22.103-1 Definition. · 22.103-3 Procedures. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 22

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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