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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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29 sections with “labor advisor”

  • DFARS 222.101-70 Acquisition of stevedoring services during labor disputes.
    (a) Use the following procedures only in the order listed when a labor dispute delays performance of a contract for stevedoring services which are urgently needed. (1) Attempt to have management and labor voluntarily agree to exempt milita…
  • DFARS 222.101-3-70 Impact of labor disputes on defense programs.
    …a) Each department and agency shall determine the degree of impact of potential or actual labor disputes on its own programs and requirements. For guidance on determining the degree of impact, see PGI 222.101-3-70(a). (b) Each contracting …
  • FAR 22.001 Definitions.
    …as used in this part, means the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210 or an authorized representative. Agency labor advisor means an individual responsible for advising contracting agency off…
  • FAR 22.404-1 Types of wage determinations.
    …ration date and remain valid until modified, superseded, or canceled by the Department of Labor. Once incorporated in a contract, a general wage determination normally remains effective for the life of the contract, unless the contracting o…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    (a) The Secretary of Labor may provide reasonable limitations and may make rules and regulations allowing reasonable variations, tolerances, and exemptions to and from any or all provisions of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute ot…
  • FAR 22.1003-7 Questions concerning applicability of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute.
    If the contracting officer questions the applicability of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute to an acquisition, the contracting officer shall request the advice of the agency labor advisor. Unresolved questions shall be submitted …
  • FAR 22.1008-1 Obtaining wage determinations.
    …ge Determinations at SAM.gov website. Contracting officers may also use the Department of Labor's e98 electronic process, located on the Wage Determinations at SAM.gov website, to request a wage determination directly from the Department of…
  • FAR 22.1008-2 Successorship with incumbent contractor collective bargaining agreement.
    …r shall determine whether there is a predecessor contract covered by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and, if so, whether the incumbent prime contractor or its subcontractors and any of their employees have a collective bargaini…
  • FAR 22.1903 Applicability.
    (a) This subpart applies to contracts covered by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67, formerly known as the Service Contract Act, subpart 22.10), or the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute (40 U.S.C.…
  • DFARS 222.101-4 Removal of items from contractors' facilities affected by work stoppages.
    …moving any items from the facility, shall— (i) Before initiating any action, contact the labor advisor to obtain the opinion of the national office of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or other mediation agency regarding the e…
  • DFARS 222.102-1 Policy.
    …erpretation of Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) regulations to the Department of Labor. (2) Upon request, provide the address of the appropriate field office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department o…
  • DFARS 222.403-70 Department of Labor regulations.
    Direct all questions regarding Department of Labor regulations to the labor advisor.
  • DFARS 222.406-10 Disposition of disputes concerning construction contract labor standards enforcement.
    (d) Forward the contracting officer's findings and the contractor's statement through the labor advisor.
  • 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 22.1013 Review of wage determination.
    …ar services in the locality, the contracting officer shall immediately contact the agency labor advisor to consider instituting the procedures in 22.1021. (2) If the contracting officer believes that an incumbent or predecessor contractor'…
  • FAR 36.104 Policy.
    … and demolition materials and debris. (c)(1) Agencies shall require the use of a project labor agreement for Federal construction projects with a total estimated construction cost at or above $35 million, unless an exception applies (see s…
  • FAR 22.1021 Requests for hearing.
    …fficer shall submit a written request through appropriate channels (ordinarily the agency labor advisor) to: Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210. (b) A request for a substantial variance he…
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …iority ratings for privately owned capital equipment. (34) Monitor contractor industrial labor relations matters under the contract; apprise the contracting officer and, if designated by the agency, the cognizant labor relations advisor, o…
  • DFARS 222.001 Definitions.
    Labor advisor, as used in this part, means the departmental or agency headquarters labor advisor.
  • DFARS 222.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    (a) Withholding from contract payments. The contracting officer shall contact the labor advisor for assistance when payments due a contractor are not available to satisfy that contractor's liability for Construction Wage Rate Requirements o…
  • DFARS 222.406-13 Semiannual enforcement reports.
    Forward these reports through the head of the contracting activity to the labor advisor within 15 days following the end of the reporting period. These reports shall not include information from investigations conducted by the Department of…
  • DFARS 222.1403 Waivers.
    …The contracting officer shall submit a waiver request through contracting channels to the labor advisor. If the request is justified, the labor advisor will endorse the request and forward it for action to— (i) The agency head for waivers …
  • DFARS 222.604-2 Regulatory exemptions.
    (b) Submit all applications for such exemptions through contracting channels to the labor advisor.
  • DFARS 222.806 Inquiries.
    (b) Refer inquiries through the labor advisor.
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …onal requirements for cost-reimbursement orders, see 16.301-3. (5) Time-and-materials or labor-hour orders. For additional requirements for time-and-materials or labor-hour orders, see 16.601(e). (6) Postaward notices and debriefing of aw…
  • 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 7.103 Agency-head responsibilities.
    …nal Institute of Standards and Technology. (x) Ensuring that agency planners use project labor agreements when required (see subpart 22.5 and 36.104). (y) Ensuring that contracting officers consult the Disaster Response Registry via https…
  • FAR 15.407-1 Defective certified cost or pricing data.
    …ot submitted. Such offsets need not be in the same cost groupings (e.g., material, direct labor, or indirect costs). (6) An offset shall not be allowed if— (i) The understated data were known by the contractor to be understated before the…
  • FAR 37.101 Definitions.
    …f an average of 40 hours per week by direct charge employees who are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. Compensated personal absences such as holidays, vacations, and sick leave shall be included in the normal work week for purposes …

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.