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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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20 sections with “laborer or mechanic”

  • FAR 52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records.
    …or during the course of the work and preserved for a period of 3 years thereafter for all laborers and mechanics working at the site of the work. Such records shall contain the name, address, and social security number of each such worker, …
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …nt as an apprentice. Construction, alteration, or repair means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employed by the construction contractor or construction subcontractor on a particular building or work at the site thereof, inc…
  • FAR 52.222-6 Construction Wage Rate Requirements.
    … may be dedicated exclusively or nearly so, to the performance of a contract. (b)(1) All laborers and mechanics employed or working upon the site of the work will be paid unconditionally and not less often than once a week, and without sub…
  • FAR 22.301 Statutory requirement.
    The statute requires that certain contracts contain a clause specifying that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any workweek unless pai…
  • FAR 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards.
    …es that certain contracts (see 22.305) contain a clause (see 52.222-4) specifying that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any workweek …
  • FAR 22.406-3 Additional classifications.
    (a) If any laborer or mechanic is to be employed in a classification that is not listed in the wage determination applicable to the contract, the contracting officer, pursuant to the clause at 52.222-6, Construction Wage Rate Requirements, …
  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    …pensation (MAY 2018) (a) Overtime requirements. No Contractor or subcontractor employing laborers or mechanics (see Federal Acquisition Regulation 22.300) shall require or permit them to work over 40 hours in any workweek unless they are p…
  • FAR 22.406-2 Wages, fringe benefits, and overtime.
    (a) In computing wages paid to a laborer or mechanic, the contractor may include only the following items: (1) Amounts paid in cash to the laborer or mechanic, or deducted from payments under the conditions set forth in 29 CFR 3.5. (2) Co…
  • FAR 22.404-3 Procedures for requesting wage determinations.
    …rly established. (4) The estimated cost of each project. (5) All the classifications of laborers and mechanics likely to be employed. (c) Time for submission of requests. (1) The time required by the Department of Labor for processing re…
  • FAR 52.222-7 Withholding of Funds.
    …ractor, so much of the accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to pay laborers and mechanics, including apprentices, trainees, and helpers, employed by the Contractor or any subcontractor the full amount of wages require…
  • FAR 52.222-11 Subcontracts (Labor Standards).
    …nstruction, alteration or repair, as used in this clause, means all types of work done by laborers and mechanics employed by the construction Contractor or construction subcontractor on a particular building or work at the site thereof, inc…
  • FAR 52.222-16 Approval of Wage Rates.
    …age Rates (MAY 2014) All straight time wage rates, and overtime rates based thereon, for laborers and mechanics engaged in work under this contract must be submitted for approval in writing by the head of the contracting activity or a repr…
  • FAR 52.222-27 Affirmative Action Compliance Requirements for Construction.
    …ocial security number, race, sex, status (e.g., mechanic, apprentice, trainee, helper, or laborer), dates of changes in status, hours worked per week in the indicated trade, rate of pay, and locations at which the work was performed. Record…
  • FAR 22.403-1 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute.
    …s or public works within the United States, shall contain a clause (see 52.222-6) that no laborer or mechanic employed directly upon the site of the work shall receive less than the prevailing wage rates as determined by the Secretary of La…
  • FAR 22.300 Scope of subpart.
    …ct Work Hours and Safety Standards (the statute) to contracts that may require or involve laborers or mechanics. In this subpart, the term “laborers or mechanics” includes apprentices, trainees, helpers, watchmen, guards, firefighters, fire…
  • FAR 22.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    …held by Federal agencies for labor standards violations do not cover the unpaid wages due laborers and mechanics and the liquidated damages due the Government, make payments in the following order— (1) Pay laborers and mechanics the wages …
  • FAR 22.305 Contract clause.
    …se, basic ordering agreements) when the contract may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics. However, do not include the clause in solicitations and contracts— (a) Valued at or below $200,000; (b) For commercial produc…
  • FAR 22.402 Applicability.
    …es can be determined for the locality, and only to construction work that is performed by laborers and mechanics at the site of the work; (ii) To dismantling, demolition, or removal of improvements if a part of the construction contract, o…
  • FAR 22.404 Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute wage determinations.
    … 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 drivers who transport to or from the site materials and equipment …
  • DFARS 222.406-1 Policy.
    …labor standards requirements in the contract which relate to— (1) Employment of foremen, laborers, mechanics, and others; (2) Wages and fringe benefits payments, payrolls, and statements; (3) Differentiation between subcontractors and su…

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