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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.3

FAR 22.301 Statutory requirement.

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 a statute requires certain contracts to include a clause about overtime pay for laborers and mechanics. The clause must say that no laborer or mechanic working on the contract can be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in a workweek unless overtime hours are paid at at least 1.5 times the basic rate of pay.

Applies to: Certain contracts covered by the statute

What it requires

  • Include a clause in certain contracts specifying the overtime pay requirement

Key terms: laborer · mechanic · workweek · overtime hours · basic rate of pay

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

The text

The statute requires that certain contracts contain a clause specifying that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any workweek unless paid for all such overtime hours at not less than 1 1/2 times the basic rate of pay.

Sections that refer to it

  • 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards.

← 22.300 Scope of subpart. · 22.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay. →

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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