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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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50 sections with “Labor organization”: the first 40

  • FAR 22.504 General requirements for project labor agreements.
    (a) General. Project labor agreements established under this subpart shall fully conform to all statutes, regulations, and Executive orders. (b) Requirements. A project labor agreement shall— (1) Bind all contractors and subcontractors en…
  • FAR 52.222-33 Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement.
    …ribed in 22.505(a)(1), insert the following provision: Notice of Requirement for Project Labor Agreement (JAN 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this provision, the following terms are defined in clause 52.222-34, Project Labor Agreement, …
  • FAR 52.222-34 Project Labor Agreement.
    As prescribed in 22.505(b)(1), insert the following clause: Project Labor Agreement (JAN 2024) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Construction means construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, modernization, alteration, conversio…
  • FAR 22.403-6 Department of Labor regulations involving construction.
    …3 and Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950 (3 CFR 1949-53 Comp., p. 1007), the Secretary of Labor has issued regulations in title 29, subtitle A, Code of Federal Regulations, prescribing standards and procedures to be observed by the Departme…
  • FAR 22.503 Policy.
    (a) Executive Order (E.O.) 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects, requires agencies to use project labor agreements in large-scale construction projects to promote economy and efficiency in the administrat…
  • FAR 22.502 Definitions.
    …sion, repair, or improvement of buildings, structures, highways, or other real property. Labor organization means a labor organization as defined in 29 U.S.C. 152(5) of which building and construction employees are members. Large-scale co…
  • FAR 52.216-30 Time-and-Materials/Labor-Hour Proposal Requirements—Other Than Commercial Acquisition Without Adequate Price Competition.
    As prescribed in 16.601(f)(2), insert the following provision: Time-and-Materials/Labor-Hour Proposal Requirements—Other Than Commercial Acquisition Without Adequate Price Competition (NOV 2021) (a) The Government contemplates award of a …
  • FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor.
    As prescribed in 22.202, insert the following clause: Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this clause, the Contractor shall not employ in the performance of this contract any person undergoing a sentence of…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ectives and related operations costs; (5) Unit-cost trends such as those associated with labor efficiency; (6) Make-or-buy decisions; (7) Estimated resources to attain business goals; and (8) Information on management decisions that cou…
  • FAR 15.404-4 Profit.
    …should correspond to the managerial and technical effort involved. (B) Conversion direct labor. This subfactor measures the contribution of direct engineering, manufacturing, and other labor to converting the raw materials, data, and subco…
  • FAR 16.601 Time-and-materials contracts.
    …uct or service. Hourly rate means the rate(s) prescribed in the contract for payment for labor that meets the labor category qualifications of a labor category specified in the contract that are— (1) Performed by the contractor; (2) Perf…
  • FAR 22.101-2 Contract pricing and administration.
    (a) Contractor labor policies and compensation practices, whether or not included in labor-management agreements, are not acceptable bases for allowing costs in cost-reimbursement contracts or for recognition of costs in pricing fixed-price…
  • FAR 22.201 General.
    …so true, however, that care must be exercised to avoid either the exploitation of convict labor or any unfair competition between convict labor and free labor in the production of goods and services.” The Executive order does not prohibit t…
  • FAR 22.1702 Definitions.
    …r physical restraint; or (2) The abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process. Forced labor means knowingly providing or obtaining the labor or services of a person— (1) By threats of serious harm to, or physical restraint against, tha…
  • FAR 22.1905 Enforcement of Executive Order Minimum Wage Requirements.
    …ting potential violations of, and obtaining compliance with, the E.O. to the Secretary of Labor. The Secretary of Labor, in promulgating the implementing regulations required by Section 4 of the E.O., has assigned this authority to the Admi…
  • FAR 22.2109 Enforcement of Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave requirements.
    (a) Authority. Section 4 of the E.O. grants to the Secretary of Labor the authority for investigating potential violations of, and obtaining compliance with, the E.O. The Secretary of Labor, in promulgating the implementing regulations requ…
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ob. Job class of employees means employees performing in positions within the same job. Labor cost at standard means a preestablished measure of the labor element of cost, computed by multiplying labor-rate standard by labor-time standard…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …and regulations under it is unallowable. (b) Reasonableness—(1) Compensation pursuant to labor-management agreements. If costs of compensation established under “arm's length” labor-management agreements negotiated under the terms of the F…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …a women-owned small business eligible under the WOSB Program. Forced or indentured child labor means all work or service— (1) Exacted from any person under the age of 18 under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …219-33, Nonmanufacturer Rule (SEP 2021) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17)). __(31) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755). __(32) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (MAR 2026) (E.O. 13126). __(33) 52.222-21, Pr…
  • FAR 52.216-7 Allowable Cost and Payment.
    …tor's inventory and placed in the production process for use on the contract; (C) Direct labor; (D) Direct travel; (E) Other direct in-house costs; and (F) Properly allocable and allowable indirect costs, as shown in the records maintai…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …tant Secretary for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, or a designee. Employer identification number means the Federal Social Security number used on the employer's quarterly Federal tax return, U.…
  • FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
    …tract who has other than a minimal impact or involvement in contract performance. Forced Labor means knowingly providing or obtaining the labor or services of a person— (1) By threats of serious harm to, or physical restraint against, tha…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    ….O.) 13706; and (A) Whose wages under such contract are governed by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67), the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute (40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV), or the Fair L…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …identification, along with the results of any analysis performed on that data. B. Direct Labor. Provide a time-phased (e.g., monthly, quarterly, etc.) breakdown of labor hours, rates, and cost by appropriate category, and furnish bases for…
  • FAR 22.2101 Definitions.
    …E.O. 13706; and (A) Whose wages under such contract are governed by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67), the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute (40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV), or the Fair L…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …y Act Orders—Prohibition. (DEC 2023) (Pub. L. 115-390, title II). (vi) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (JUN 2003) (E.O. 11755). (vii) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015). (viii) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) (E.O…
  • FAR 52.227-11 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor.
    …) CRADA licensing. If the Contractor performs services at a Government owned and operated laboratory or at a Government owned and Contractor operated laboratory directed by the Government to fulfill the Government's obligations under a Coop…
  • DFARS 252.242-7006 Accounting System Administration.
    …ystems for specific areas such as indirect and other direct costs, compensation, billing, labor, and general information technology. Material weakness means a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in the internal control over informati…
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    …lows: (1) Starting load costs not fully absorbed because of termination are nonrecurring labor, material, and related overhead costs incurred in the early part of production and result from factors such as— (i) Excessive spoilage due to i…
  • FAR 27.303 Contract clauses.
    …(7) If the contract is for the performance of services at a Government owned and operated laboratory or at a Government owned and contractor operated laboratory directed by the Government to fulfill the Government's obligations under a Coop…
  • FAR 45.107 Contract clauses.
    …— (i) All cost-reimbursement and time-and-material type solicitations and contracts, and labor-hour solicitations when property is expected to be furnished for the labor-hour contracts. (ii) Fixed-price solicitations and contracts when th…
  • FAR 52.227-13 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Government.
    …personnel responsible for patent matters. The procedures shall include the maintenance of laboratory notebooks or equivalent records and other records as are reasonably necessary to document the conception and/or the first actual reduction …
  • FAR 52.232-12 Advance Payments.
    … pay for properly allocable, allowable, and reasonable costs for direct materials, direct labor, and indirect costs. Other withdrawals require approval in writing by the administering office. Determinations of whether costs are properly all…
  • DFARS 252.227-7038 Patent Rights—Ownership by the Contractor (Large Business).
    …esponsible for patent matters; (ii) Include in these procedures the maintenance of— (A) Laboratory notebooks or equivalent records and other records as are reasonably necessary to document the conception and/or the first actual reduction …
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …(1), with respect to procurements subject to that section. (2) Indirect costs and direct labor rates. (3) Proprietary information about manufacturing processes, operations, or techniques marked by the contractor in accordance with applica…
  • FAR 12.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …see Block 27, SF 1449). Use this clause with its Alternate I when a time-and-materials or labor-hour contract will be awarded. The contracting officer may tailor this clause in accordance with 12.302. (4) The clause at 52.212-5, Contract T…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …ost review is used to evaluate significant elements of direct costs, such as material and labor, and associated indirect costs, usually associated with the production of major systems. When a program should-cost review is conducted relative…
  • FAR 16.307 Contract clauses.
    …the clause at 52.232-7) at actual cost. Further, the clause at 52.216-7 does not apply to labor-hour contracts. (2) If the contract is a construction contract and contains the clause at 52.232-27, Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts,…
  • FAR 22.1302 Policy.
    …ment, on an annual basis, in the manner prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of Labor. (b) Except for contracts for commercial products or commercial services, or contracts that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold,…

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.