FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.3
FAR 22.305 Contract clause.
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 officers when to include the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation clause (52.222-4) in solicitations and contracts. It applies when the contract may require or involve employing laborers or mechanics, but lists several situations where the clause must not be included. Contractors should know this clause may appear in their contract unless one of the listed exceptions applies.
Applies to: Solicitations and contracts that may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics
Key terms: laborers or mechanics · basic ordering agreements · commercial products · commercial services · outer Continental Shelf
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
Insert the clause at 52.222-4, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation, in solicitations and contracts (including, for this purpose, basic ordering agreements) when the contract may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics. However, do not include the clause in solicitations and contracts—
(a) Valued at or below $200,000;
(b) For commercial products and commercial services;
(c) For transportation or the transmission of intelligence;
(d) To be performed outside the United States, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Johnston Island, Wake Island, and the outer Continental Shelf as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331) (29 CFR 5.15);
(e) For work to be done solely in accordance with 41 U.S.C. chapter 65(see subpart 22.6);
(f) For supplies that include incidental services that do not require substantial employment of laborers or mechanics; or
(g) Exempt under regulations of the Secretary of Labor (29 CFR 5.15).
Sections it refers to
- 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
← 22.304 Variations, tolerances, and exemptions. · 22.400 Scope of subpart. →
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.