FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.21
FAR 22.2104 Exclusions.
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 lists who is not covered by the paid sick leave requirements of this subpart. It excludes certain employees based on limited work hours on covered contracts and certain employees covered by qualifying collective bargaining agreements, and it clarifies that unilaterally exercising a pre-negotiated option on an existing contract without the clause does not automatically apply the clause.
Applies to: Contractors and employees under contracts covered by the Executive Order addressed in this subpart
What it requires
- For employees under a collective bargaining agreement providing less than 56 hours (or 7 days) of paid sick time per year, provide the difference between 56 hours (or 7 days) and the amount provided under the agreement each year, in accordance with 29 CFR 13.4(f).
Key terms: covered work · collective bargaining agreement · paid sick time · pre-negotiated option · new contract
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The following are excluded from coverage under this subpart:
(a) Employees performing in connection with contracts covered by the E.O. for less than 20 percent of their work hours in a given workweek. This exclusion is inapplicable to employees performing on contracts covered by the E.O., i.e., those employees directly engaged in performing the specific work called for by the contract, at any point during the workweek (see 29 CFR 13.4(e)).
(b) Until the earlier of the date the agreement terminates or January 1, 2020, employees whose covered work is governed by a collective bargaining agreement ratified before September 30, 2016, that—
(1) Already provides 56 hours (or 7 days, if the agreement refers to days rather than hours) of paid sick time (or paid time off that may be used for reasons related to sickness or health care) each year; or
(2) Provides less than 56 hours (or 7 days, if the agreement refers to days rather than hours) of paid sick time (or paid time off that may be used for reasons related to sickness or health care) each year, provided that each year the contractor provides covered employees with the difference between 56 hours (or 7 days) and the amount provided under the existing agreement in accordance with 29 CFR 13.4(f).
(c) The Government's unilateral exercise of a pre-negotiated option to renew an existing contract that does not contain the clause at 52.222-62 will not automatically trigger the application of that clause. (See definition of “new contract” at 29 CFR 13.2).
Sections it refers to
- 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
← 22.2103 Applicability. · 22.2105 Paid sick leave for Federal contractors and subcontractors. →
Rule changes for FAR Part 22
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2026-03-13 · effective 2026-03-13
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · final rule 2025-08-27 · effective 2025-10-01
- Office of Federal Procurement Policy; Federal Acquisition Regulation: Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting ↗ · proposed 2025-01-08
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Improving Consistency Between Procurement and Nonprocurement Procedures on Suspension and Debarment ↗ · final rule 2025-01-03 · effective 2025-01-17
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers; Correction ↗ · final rule 2024-12-30 · effective 2025-01-03
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Training To Prevent Human Trafficking for Certain Air Carriers ↗ · final rule 2024-12-16 · effective 2025-01-03
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thresholds ↗ · proposed 2024-11-29 · comments due 2025-01-28
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Combating Trafficking in Persons-Definition and Agency Responsibilities ↗ · proposed 2024-07-18 · comments due 2024-09-16
Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.