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25 sections with “labor standards clauses”

  • 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…
  • 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 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    (a)(1) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards, in solicitations and contracts (except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section) if the contract is subject to the Service Contrac…
  • 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 17.109 Contract clauses.
    …able to multiyear contracting needs. When the period of production is likely to warrant a labor and material costs contingency in the contract price, the contracting officer should normally use an economic price adjustment clause (see 16.20…
  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    … officer believes a violation exists (see 22.406-8), or upon request of the Department of Labor, the contracting officer must withhold from payments due the contractor an amount equal to the estimated wage underpayment and estimated liquida…
  • DFARS 222.402-70 Installation support contracts.
    (a) Apply both the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute to installation support contracts if— (1) The contract is principally for services but also requires a substantial and segregab…
  • FAR 53.222 Application of labor laws to Government acquisitions (SF's 307, 1413, 1445, 1446, WH-347).
    …owing forms are prescribed as stated below, for use in connection with the application of labor laws: (a) [Reserved] (b) [Reserved] (c) SF 308 (DOL) (Rev. 2/2013), Request for Wage Determination and Response to Request. (See 22.404-3 (a)…
  • 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 22.406-1 Policy.
    …. Contracting agencies are responsible for ensuring the full and impartial enforcement of labor standards in the administration of construction contracts. Contracting agencies shall maintain an effective program that shall include— (1) Ens…
  • FAR 22.1904 Annual Executive Order Minimum Wage Rate.
    …clude a general notice on wage determinations which are issued under the Service Contract Labor Standards statute or the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute. The notice will provide information on the E.O. minimum wage and how to …
  • 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 52.222-55 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 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards.
    …cribed at FAR 16.202, 16.203, (except when price adjustments are based on actual costs of labor or material, described at 16.203-1(a)(2)), and 16.207; (2) Fixed-price incentive contracts and subcontracts where the price is not adjusted bas…
  • 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,…
  • 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 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…
  • 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 22.406-11 Contract terminations.
    If a contract or subcontract is terminated for violation of the labor standards clauses, the contracting agency shall submit a report to the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division. The report shall include— (a) The number of the terminated …
  • FAR 22.1023 Termination for default.
    As provided by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute, any contractor failure to comply with the requirements of the contract clauses related to the Service Contract Labor Standards statute may be grounds for termination for default (…
  • 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…
  • DFARS 242.7000 Contractor business system deficiencies.
    …ress payments, performance-based payments, and interim payments under cost-reimbursement, labor-hour, and time-and-materials contracts billed under each of the identified covered contracts. Similarly, the contracting officer shall ensure th…
  • DFARS 252.242-7005 Contractor business systems.
    …, to withhold 5 percent from its billings on interim cost vouchers on cost-reimbursement, labor-hour, and time-and-materials contracts until the Contracting Officer has determined that the Contractor has corrected all material weaknesses as…
  • FAR 52.222-12 Contract Termination—Debarment.
    …ees, Payrolls and Basic Records, Compliance with Copeland Act Requirements, Subcontracts (Labor Standards), Compliance with Construction Wage Rate Requirements and Related Regulations, or Certification of Eligibility may be grounds for term…

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