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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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18 sections with “Bona fide employee”

  • FAR 52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees.
    …or obtain this contract upon an agreement or understanding for a contingent fee, except a bona fide employee or agency. For breach or violation of this warranty, the Government shall have the right to annul this contract without liability o…
  • FAR 3.401 Definitions.
    As used in this subpart— Bona fide agency, means an established commercial or selling agency, maintained by a contractor for the purpose of securing business, that neither exerts nor proposes to exert improper influence to solicit or obtai…
  • FAR 3.402 Statutory requirements.
    …mit, as an exception to the warranty, contingent fee arrangements between contractors and bona fide employees or bona fide agencies; and (c) Provide that, for breach or violation of the warranty by the contractor, the Government may annul …
  • DFARS 225.7303-4 Contingent fees.
    …t fees are generally allowable under DoD contracts, provided— (1) The fees are paid to a bona fide employee or a bona fide established commercial or selling agency maintained by the prospective contractor for the purpose of securing busine…
  • DFARS 252.225-7027 Restriction on contingent fees for foreign military sales.
    … of this contract, are generally an allowable cost, provided the fees are paid to— (1) A bona fide employee of the Contractor; or (2) A bona fide established commercial or selling agency maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of sec…
  • FAR 22.406-2 Wages, fringe benefits, and overtime.
    …e, or local law) the contractor makes irrevocably to a trustee or a third party under any bona fide plan or program to provide for medical or hospital care, pensions, compensation for injuries or illness resulting from occupational activity…
  • FAR 31.205-38 Selling costs.
    …s, whether or not contingent upon the award of contracts, are allowable only when paid to bona fide employees or established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the contractor for the purpose of securing business.
  • FAR 31.205-44 Training and education costs.
    …idered contributions and are unallowable. (e) Training or education costs for other than bona fide employees are unallowable, except that the costs incurred for educating employee dependents (primary and secondary level studies) when the e…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …ny person engaged in the performance of this contract other than any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as these terms are defined in part 541 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, as rev…
  • FAR 22.901 Policy.
    … employment, discriminate against persons because of their age except upon the basis of a bona fide occupational qualification, retirement plan, or statutory requirement. (b) Contractors and subcontractors, or persons acting on their behal…
  • FAR 22.001 Definitions.
    …rson engaged in the performance of a service contract other than any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as those terms are defined in 29 CFR part 541. The term “service employee” includes all…
  • FAR 22.1101 Applicability.
    …ollar service workers and some white-collar service workers fairly, but it does not cover bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees.
  • FAR 22.1102 Definition.
    …s used in this subpart, means any person meeting the definition of employee employed in a bona fide . . . professional capacity given in 29 CFR part 541. The term embraces members of those professions having a recognized status based upon a…
  • FAR 22.1301 Definitions.
    …other employees will be given particular weight; or (2) Any employee who owns at least a bona fide 20-percent equity interest in the enterprise in which the employee is employed, regardless of whether the business is a corporate or other t…
  • FAR 22.2101 Definitions.
    …on performing work on or in connection with the contract and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship or training program registered with the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeshi…
  • FAR 52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records.
    …on, hourly rates of wages paid (including rates of contributions or costs anticipated for bona fide fringe benefits or cash equivalents thereof of the types described in 40 U.S.C. 3141(2)(B) (Construction Wage Rate Requirement statute)), da…
  • FAR 52.222-9 Apprentices and Trainees.
    …e for the work performed when employed— (i) Pursuant to and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship Traini…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …on performing work on or in connection with the contract and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship or training program registered with the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeshi…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.