FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.13

FAR 22.1308 Complaint procedures.

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 tells contracting offices how to handle complaints about the administration of the Act. They must forward complaints to the Veterans' Employment and Training Service or the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. The Director of OFCCP is responsible for investigating these complaints.

Applies to: Contracting offices

What it requires

  • Forward complaints about the administration of the Act to the Veterans' Employment and Training Service or to the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, or to any OFCCP regional, district, or area office, or through the local Veterans' Employment Representative or designee.

Key terms: Act · Veterans' Employment and Training Service · Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs · complaints

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The text

Following agency procedures, the contracting office must forward any complaints received about the administration of the Act to the Veterans' Employment and Training Service of the Department of Labor, or to the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, or to any OFCCP regional, district, or area office or through the local Veterans' Employment Representative or designee, at the local State employment office. The Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, is responsible for investigating complaints.

Sections that refer to it

← 22.1307 Collective bargaining agreements. · 22.1309 Actions because of noncompliance. →

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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