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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.4

FAR 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards.

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 certain contracts must include a clause requiring that laborers and mechanics not work more than 40 hours in a workweek unless they are paid at least 1.5 times their basic rate for extra hours. It matters to contractors because it points to the overtime pay requirement and the clause that must be in covered contracts.

Applies to: Certain contracts (see 22.305) involving laborers or mechanics

What it requires

  • Include the clause referenced in 52.222-4 in certain contracts
  • Do not require or permit a laborer or mechanic to work more than 40 hours in a workweek unless paid at least 1.5 times the basic rate for all additional hours

Key terms: laborer · mechanic · workweek · basic rate of pay · Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards

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

The text

40 U.S.C. chapter 37, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards, requires that certain contracts (see 22.305) contain a clause (see 52.222-4) 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 additional hours at not less than 1 1/2 times the basic rate of pay (see 22.301).

Sections it refers to

  • 22.305 Contract clause.
  • 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
  • 22.301 Statutory requirement.

← 22.403-2 Copeland Act. · 22.403-4 Executive Orders 13658 and 14026. →

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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