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

FAR 22.406-4 Apprentices and trainees.

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 the contracting officer to check the contractor's records for apprentices and trainees to confirm compliance with the Apprentices and Trainees clause. If the contractor classified employees as apprentices or trainees without meeting that clause's requirements, the contracting officer must reject the classification and require those employees to be paid at the rates for the work they actually performed.

Applies to: Contractors employing apprentices or trainees on covered contracts

What it requires

  • Make employment and payment records of apprentices and trainees available under the Payrolls and Basic Records clause
  • Comply with the Apprentices and Trainees clause when classifying employees as apprentices or trainees
  • Pay affected employees at the rates applicable to the classification of the work actually performed if a classification is rejected

Key terms: apprentices · trainees · contracting officer · classification · Payrolls and Basic Records

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

The text

(a) The contracting officer shall review the contractor's employment and payment records of apprentices and trainees made available pursuant to the clause at 52.222-8, Payrolls and Basic Records, to ensure that the contractor has complied with the clause at 52.222-9, Apprentices and Trainees.

(b) If a contractor has classified employees as apprentices or trainees without complying with the requirements of the clause at 52.222-9, the contracting officer shall reject the classification and require the contractor to pay the affected employees at the rates applicable to the classification of the work actually performed.

Sections it refers to

← 22.406-3 Additional classifications. · 22.406-5 Subcontracts. →

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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