48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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46 sections with “labor disputes”: the first 40

  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • FAR 22.101-3 Reporting labor disputes.
    … the contract shall report, in accordance with agency procedures, any potential or actual labor disputes that may interfere with performing any contracts under its cognizance. If a contract contains the clause at 52.222-1, Notice to the Gov…
  • FAR 52.222-1 Notice to the Government of Labor Disputes.
    As prescribed in 22.103-5(a), insert the following clause: Notice to the Government of Labor Disputes (FEB 1997) If the Contractor has knowledge that any actual or potential labor dispute is delaying or threatens to delay the timely perfo…
  • DFARS 222.101-3 Reporting labor disputes.
    Follow the procedures at PGI 222.101-3 for reporting labor disputes.
  • FAR 22.406-10 Disposition of disputes concerning construction contract labor standards enforcement.
    …ferences of opinion between contracting officers and contractors in construction contract labor standards enforcement include— (1) Misclassification of workers; (2) Hours of work; (3) Wage rates and payment; (4) Payment of overtime; (5…
  • 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 52.222-14 Disputes Concerning Labor Standards.
    As prescribed in 22.407(a), insert the following clause: Disputes Concerning Labor Standards (FEB 1988) The United States Department of Labor has set forth in 29 CFR parts 5, 6, and 7 procedures for resolving disputes concerning labor sta…
  • 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 22.1026 Disputes concerning labor standards.
    Disputes concerning labor standards requirements of the contract are handled under paragraph (t) of the contract clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards, and not under the clause at 52.233-1, Disputes.
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    As prescribed in 22.1006(a), insert the following clause: Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (a) Definitions. As used in this clause— Contractor when this clause is used in any subcontract, shall be deemed to refer to the subcon…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …ibed in 32.111(a)(7), insert the following clause: Payments Under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts (NOV 2021) The Government will pay the Contractor as follows upon the submission of vouchers approved by the Contracting Officer…
  • FAR 22.101-1 General.
    (a) Agencies shall maintain sound relations with industry and labor to ensure (1) prompt receipt of information involving labor relations that may adversely affect the Government acquisition process and (2) that the Government obtains neede…
  • 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 52.222-11 Subcontracts (Labor Standards).
    As prescribed in 22.407(a), insert the following clause: Subcontracts (Labor Standards) (MAY 2014) (a) Definition. Construction, alteration or repair, as used in this clause, means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employe…
  • 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 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…
  • 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 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …into the contract. (End of clause) Alternate I (NOV 2021). When a time-and-materials or labor-hour contract is contemplated, substitute the following paragraphs (a), (e), (i), (l), and (m) for those in the basic clause. (a) Inspection/Ac…
  • 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 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …; job analysis, descriptions, and evaluations; salary and pay structures; salary surveys; labor union agreements; and Contractor decisions, statements and policies related to setting or altering employee compensation. Essential job functio…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …xecutive Order 14026, and — (A) Whose wages under such contract are governed by the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. chapter 8), the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67), or the Wage Rate Requirements (Constru…
  • 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 52.249-6 Termination (Cost-Reimbursement).
    …ired by the contract. Alternate IV (SEP 1996). If the contract is a time-and-material or labor-hour contract, substitute the following paragraphs (h) and (l) for paragraphs (h) and (l) of the basic clause: (h) If the Contractor and the Co…
  • 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…
  • FAR 52.243-3 Changes—Time-and-Materials or Labor-Hours.
    As prescribed in 43.205(c), insert the following clause: Changes—Time-and-Materials or Labor-Hours (SEP 2000) (a) The Contracting Officer may at any time, by written order, and without notice to the sureties, if any, make changes within t…
  • FAR 22.103-5 Contract clauses.
    (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause 52.222-1, Notice to the Government of Labor Disputes, in solicitations and contracts that involve programs or requirements that have been designated under 22.101-1(e). (b) The contracting…
  • FAR 22.407 Solicitation provision and contract clauses.
    … (5) 52.222-10, Compliance with Copeland Act Requirements. (6) 52.222-11, Subcontracts (Labor Standards). (7) 52.222-12, Contract Termination—Debarment. (8) 52.222-13, Compliance with Construction Wage Rate Requirements and Related Regu…
  • FAR 12.403 Termination.
    …ice or fixed-price with economic price adjustment contracts; or (B) An amount for direct labor hours (as defined in the Schedule of the contract) determined by multiplying the number of direct labor hours expended before the effective date…
  • FAR 22.802 General.
    …and (2) Act to ensure compliance with the clause and the regulations of the Secretary of Labor— (i) To promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity for all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientat…
  • FAR 52.215-2 Audit and Records—Negotiation.
    …(b) Examination of costs. If this is a cost-reimbursement, incentive, time-and-materials, labor-hour, or price redeterminable contract, or any combination of these, the Contractor shall maintain and the Contracting Officer, or an authorized…
  • DFARS 237.7204 Format and clauses for educational service agreements.
    …ord the Contractor may use. (i) “Course” means a series of lectures or instructions, and laboratory periods, relating to one specific representation of subject matter, such as Elementary College Algebra, German 401, or Surveying. Normally,…
  • 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 12.302 Tailoring of provisions and clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …1449; a continuation of the description of the supplies/services being acquired; further elaboration of any other item(s) on the SF 1449; any other terms or conditions necessary for the performance of the proposed contract (such as options,…
  • 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 28.102-1 General.
    …ow agreement with the financial institution, as escrow agent, and all of the suppliers of labor and material. The escrow agreement shall establish the terms of payment under the contract and of resolution of disputes among the parties. The …
  • FAR 31.105 Construction and architect-engineer contracts.
    … oil, and grease; servicing, repairs, and maintenance; and tire wear and repair. Costs of labor, mobilization, demobilization, overhead, and profit are generally not reflected in schedules, and separate consideration may be necessary. (C) …

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