FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 22: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 22.4
FAR 22.404-10 Posting wage determinations and notice.
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 requires a contractor to post the applicable wage determination and any approved additional classifications at the work site where workers can easily see them. The contracting officer provides Department of Labor Form WH-1321 for posting along with the wage rates, and the poster must identify the Government officer responsible for contract administration so workers know where to direct complaints or questions about labor standards.
Applies to: Contractors performing work subject to an applicable wage determination
What it requires
- Keep a copy of the applicable wage determination and any approved additional classifications posted at the site of the work in a prominent place where workers can easily see it
- Post Department of Labor Form WH-1321, Notice to Employees Working on Federal and Federally Financed Construction Projects, together with the wage rates
- Ensure the poster indicates the name, address, and telephone number of the Government officer responsible for administration of the contract
Key terms: wage determination · additional classifications · site of the work · Department of Labor Form WH-1321 · labor standards
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
The contractor must keep a copy of the applicable wage determination (and any approved additional classifications) posted at the site of the work in a prominent place where the workers can easily see it. The contracting officer shall furnish to the contractor, Department of Labor Form WH-1321, Notice to Employees Working on Federal and Federally Financed Construction Projects, for posting with the wage rates. The name, address, and telephone number of the Government officer responsible for the administration of the contract shall be indicated in the poster to inform workers to whom they may submit complaints or raise questions concerning labor standards.
← 22.404-9 Award of contract without required wage determination. · 22.404-11 Wage determination appeals. →
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.