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50 sections with “fringe benefits”: the first 40

  • FAR 22.406-2 Wages, fringe benefits, and overtime.
    … insurance, disability and sickness insurance, accident insurance, or any other bona fide fringe benefit. (3) Other contributions or anticipated costs for bona fide fringe benefits to the extent expressly approved by the Secretary of Labor…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …y a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person pursuant to a bona fide fringe benefit fund, plan, or program; and the rate of costs to the contractor or subcontractor which may be reasonably anticipated in providing bona …
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …agreement. (b) 41 U.S.C. 6707(c) provides that a successor contractor must pay wages and fringe benefits (including accrued wages and benefits and prospective increases) to service employees at least equal to those agreed upon by a predece…
  • FAR 52.216-4 Economic Price Adjustment—Labor and Material.
    …fficer if, at any time during contract performance, the rates of pay for labor (including fringe benefits) or the unit prices for material shown in the Schedule either increase or decrease. The Contractor shall furnish this notice within 60…
  • FAR 52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.
    … of Labor under the Copeland Act (29 CFR part 3)), the full amount of wages and bona fide fringe benefits (or cash equivalents thereof) due at time of payment computed at rates not less than those contained in the wage determination of the …
  • FAR 52.222-9 Apprentices and Trainees.
    …ourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. (5) Apprentices shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the apprenticeship program. If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits, appre…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …bcontractor shall be paid not less than the minimum monetary wages and shall be furnished fringe benefits in accordance with the wages and fringe benefits determined by the Secretary of Labor, or authorized representative, as specified in a…
  • FAR 16.203-4 Contract clauses.
    …or and materials subject to adjustment under the clause; (ii) The labor rates, including fringe benefits (if any) and unit prices of materials that may be increased or decreased; and (iii) The quantities of the specified labor and materia…
  • FAR 22.1002-3 Wage determinations based on collective bargaining agreements.
    …500 for substantially the same services performed in the same locality must pay wages and fringe benefits (including accrued wages and benefits and prospective increases) at least equal to those contained in any bona fide collective bargain…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …gent upon the employee remaining with the contractor for a specified period of time. (m) Fringe benefits. (1) Fringe benefits are allowances and services provided by the contractor to its employees as compensation in addition to regular wa…
  • FAR 22.406-3 Additional classifications.
    …data, contains the proposed additional classification and minimum wage rate including any fringe benefits payments. (b) Upon receipt of SF 1444 from the contractor, the contracting officer shall review the request to determine whether it m…
  • FAR 22.406-6 Payrolls and statements.
    …ar attention should be given to— (i) The correctness of classifications and rates; (ii) Fringe benefits payments; (iii) Hours worked; (iv) Deductions; and (v) Disproportionate employment ratios of laborers, apprentices, or trainees, to…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …anufacturer or contractor. (iii) The contractor will use the same compensation (wage and fringe benefits) plan for all service employees performing work under the contract as the contractor uses for these employees and equivalent employees…
  • FAR 22.1013 Review of wage determination.
    (a) Based on incumbent collective bargaining agreement. (1) If wages, fringe benefits, or periodic increases provided for in a collective bargaining agreement vary substantially from those prevailing for similar services in the locality, th…
  • FAR 22.1018 Notification to contractors and employees.
    …ke the following steps to ensure that service employees are notified of minimum wages and fringe benefits. (a) As soon as possible after contract award, inform the contractor of the labor standards requirements of the contract relating to …
  • FAR 22.1021 Requests for hearing.
    …lieves that a substantial variance exists with respect to some or all of the wages and/or fringe benefits; (6) Names and addresses (to the extent known) of interested parties; and (7) Any other data required by the Administrator. (c) A r…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ntenance, calibration, or repair of such equipment; and (iii) The compensation (wage and fringe benefits) plan for all service employees performing work under the contract will be the same as that used for these employees and equivalent em…
  • FAR 52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records.
    … 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)), daily and we…
  • FAR 52.222-32 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Actual Method).
    …it price labor rates to reflect the Contractor's actual increase or decrease in wages and fringe benefits to the extent that the increase is made to comply with, or the decrease is voluntarily made by the Contractor as a result of— (1) Inc…
  • FAR 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts).
    … adjusted to reflect the Contractor's actual increase or decrease in applicable wages and fringe benefits to the extent that the increase is made to comply with or the decrease is voluntarily made by the Contractor as a result of: (1) The …
  • FAR 52.222-44 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment.
    …r rates will be adjusted to reflect increases or decreases by the Contractor in wages and fringe benefits to the extent that these increases or decreases are made to comply with— (1) An increased or decreased wage determination applied to …
  • FAR 52.222-46 Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees.
    … of service contracts may in some cases result in lowering the compensation (salaries and fringe benefits) paid or furnished professional employees. This lowering can be detrimental in obtaining the quality of professional services needed f…
  • DFARS 222.406-1 Policy.
    …ch relate to— (1) Employment of foremen, laborers, mechanics, and others; (2) Wages and fringe benefits payments, payrolls, and statements; (3) Differentiation between subcontractors and suppliers; (4) Additional classifications; (5) B…
  • FAR 15.407-4 Should-cost review.
    …st review. (1) An overhead should-cost review is used to evaluate indirect costs, such as fringe benefits, shipping and receiving, real property, and equipment, depreciation, plant maintenance and security, taxes, and general and administra…
  • FAR 22.404 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determinations.
    …bor is responsible for issuing wage determinations reflecting prevailing wages, including fringe benefits. The wage determinations apply only to those laborers and mechanics employed by a contractor upon the site of the work including drive…
  • FAR 22.404-12 Labor standards for contracts containing construction requirements and option provisions that extend the term of the contract.
    …t the contract price to reflect the contractor's actual increase or decrease in wages and fringe benefits (combined) to the extent that the increase is made to comply with, or the decrease is voluntarily made by the contractor as a result o…
  • FAR 22.406-7 Compliance checking.
    …ties: (1) Employee interviews to determine correctness of classifications, rates of pay, fringe benefits payments, and hours worked. (See Standard Form 1445.) (2) On-site inspections to check type of work performed, number and classificat…
  • FAR 22.1001 Definitions.
    …ct Labor Standards statute. Wage determination means a determination of minimum wages or fringe benefits made under 41 U.S.C. 6703 or 6707(c) applicable to the employment in a given locality of one or more classes of service employees.
  • FAR 22.1002-1 General.
    …vice contracts over $2,500 shall contain mandatory provisions regarding minimum wages and fringe benefits, safe and sanitary working conditions, notification to employees of the minimum allowable compensation, and equivalent Federal employe…
  • FAR 22.1002-2 Wage determinations based on prevailing rates.
    … collective bargaining agreement applies shall pay their employees at least the wages and fringe benefits found by the Department of Labor to prevail in the locality or, in the absence of a wage determination, the minimum wage set forth in …
  • FAR 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ted only to the extent that a contractor's increases or decreases in applicable wages and fringe benefits are made to comply with the requirements set forth in the clauses at 52.222-43 (subparagraphs (d) (1), (2) and (3)), or 52.222-44 (sub…
  • FAR 22.1016 Statement of equivalent rates for Federal hires.
    …Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires, (see 22.1006(b)) shall set forth those wage rates and fringe benefits that would be paid by the contracting activity to the various classes of service employees expected to be utilized under the contract …
  • FAR 22.1020 Seniority lists.
    …st to the successor contractor for determining employee eligibility for vacation or other fringe benefits which are based upon length of service, including service with predecessor contractors if such benefit is required by an applicable wa…
  • FAR 22.1103 Policy, procedures, and solicitation provision.
    …erors submit for evaluation a total compensation plan setting forth proposed salaries and fringe benefits for professional employees working on the contract. Supporting information will include data, such as recognized national and regional…
  • FAR 22.1703 Policy.
    …nt of employees regarding the key terms and conditions of employment, including wages and fringe benefits, the location of work, the living conditions, housing and associated costs (if employer or agent provided or arranged), any significan…
  • FAR 31.205-1 Public relations and advertising costs.
    …rmed by outside organizations, as well as the applicable portion of salaries, travel, and fringe benefits of employees engaged in the functions and activities identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection. (d) The only allowable …
  • FAR 31.205-42 Termination costs.
    …xpenses in (i) and (ii); normally, such indirect costs shall be limited to payroll taxes, fringe benefits, occupancy costs, and immediate supervision costs. (2) If settlement expenses are significant, a cost account or work order shall be …
  • FAR 36.214 Special procedures for price negotiation in construction contracting.
    …quest the offeror to submit cost information concerning that element (e.g., wage rates or fringe benefits, significant materials, equipment allowances, and subcontractor costs). (2) When a proposed price is significantly lower than the Gov…
  • FAR 37.107 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    41 U.S.C. chapter 67, Service Contract Labor Standards, provides for minimum wages and fringe benefits as well as other conditions of work under certain types of service contracts. Whether or not the Service Contract Labor Standards statute…
  • FAR 52.222-31 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (Percentage Method).
    …o the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute to provide for an increase in wages and fringe benefits at the exercise of each option to extend the term of the contract in accordance with the following procedures: (1) The Contracting Of…

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