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26 sections with “overtime pay”

  • FAR 22.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    (a) When an overtime computation discloses underpayments, the responsible contractor or subcontractor must pay the affected employee any unpaid wages and pay liquidated damages to the Government. The contracting officer must assess liquidat…
  • DFARS 222.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    Upon receipt of notification of Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards violations, the contracting officer shall— (1) Immediately withhold such funds as are available; (2) Give the contractor written notification of the withholding and …
  • FAR 52.222-2 Payment for Overtime Premiums.
    As prescribed in 22.103-5(b), insert the following clause: Payment for Overtime Premiums (JUL 1990) (a) The use of overtime is authorized under this contract if the overtime premium cost does not exceed * ___ or the overtime premium is pa…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    … the Schedule shall not be varied by virtue of the Contractor having performed work on an overtime basis. If no overtime rates are provided in the Schedule and overtime work is approved in advance by the Contracting Officer, overtime rates …
  • FAR 22.406-2 Wages, fringe benefits, and overtime.
    …) The comments and recommendations of the contracting officer. (c) In computing required overtime payments, (i.e., 1 1/2 times the basic hourly rate of pay) the contractor shall use the basic hourly rate of pay in the wage determination, o…
  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    …scribed in 22.305, insert the following clause: Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation (MAY 2018) (a) Overtime requirements. No Contractor or subcontractor employing laborers or mechanics (see Federal Acquisition R…
  • FAR 22.103-3 Procedures.
    …licitations normally shall not specify delivery or performance schedules that may require overtime at Government expense. (b) In negotiating contracts, contracting officers should, consistent with the Government's needs, attempt to (1) asc…
  • FAR 22.103-4 Approvals.
    (a) The contracting officer shall review the contractor's request for overtime. Approval of the use of overtime may be granted by an agency approving official after determining in writing that overtime is necessary to— (1) Meet essential d…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … the Schedule shall not be varied by virtue of the Contractor having performed work on an overtime basis. (1) If no overtime rates are provided in the Schedule and the Contracting Officer approves overtime work in advance, overtime rates s…
  • FAR 52.222-16 Approval of Wage Rates.
    …e following clause: Approval of Wage 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 …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …f. (vi) Midway Islands. (vii) Navassa Island. (viii) Palmyra Atoll. (ix) Wake Atoll. Overtime means time worked by a contractor's employee in excess of the employee's normal workweek. Overtime premium means the difference between the …
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    … an applicant as remuneration for employment, including but not limited to salary, wages, overtime pay, shift differentials, bonuses, commissions, vacation and holiday pay, allowances, insurance and other benefits, stock options and awards,…
  • DFARS 222.103-4 Approvals.
    …appropriate approving officials; and (ii) Seek agreement as to the contracts under which overtime premiums will be approved when— (A) Two or more contracting offices have current contracts at the same contractor facility; and (B) The app…
  • DFARS 252.239-7004 Orders for Facilities and Services.
    … Expediting charges are costs necessary to get services earlier than normal. Examples are overtime pay or special shipment. When authorized, expediting charges shall be the additional costs incurred by the Contractor and the subcontractor. …
  • FAR 22.103-2 Policy.
    Contractors shall perform all contracts, so far as practicable, without using overtime, particularly as a regular employment practice, except when lower overall costs to the Government will result or when it is necessary to meet urgent prog…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    ….g., work involving extremely hazardous activities or work not requiring recurrent use of overtime) is unwarranted when applied to a Government contract involving significantly different circumstances and conditions of employment (e.g., wor…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …ployees who qualify for an exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime provisions; (C) Regardless of the contractual relationship alleged to exist between the individual and the employer; and (ii) Includes any …
  • FAR 4.803 Contents of contract files.
    …ties. (31) Report of postaward conference. (32) Notice to proceed, stop orders, and any overtime premium approvals granted at the time of award. (33) Documents requesting and authorizing modification in the normal assignment of contract …
  • FAR 15.305 Proposal evaluation.
    …ompetitive fixed-price-type contracts (see 15.404-1(d)(3)). (See 37.115 for uncompensated overtime evaluation.) The contracting officer shall document the cost or price evaluation. (2) Past performance evaluation. (i) Past performance info…
  • FAR 22.103-5 Contract clauses.
    ….101-1(e). (b) The contracting officer shall include the clause at 52.222-2, Payment for Overtime Premiums, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated and the contract amount is expected to exceed the…
  • FAR 22.301 Statutory requirement.
    …required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any workweek unless paid for all such overtime hours at not less than 1 1/2 times the basic rate of pay.
  • FAR 22.406-10 Disposition of disputes concerning construction contract labor standards enforcement.
    …assification of workers; (2) Hours of work; (3) Wage rates and payment; (4) Payment of overtime; (5) Withholding practices; and (6) The applicability of the labor standards requirements under varying circumstances. (b) Generally, thes…
  • FAR 31.205-44 Training and education costs.
    …e is working or may reasonably be expected to work are allowable, except as follows: (a) Overtime compensation for training and education is unallowable. (b) The cost of salaries for attending undergraduate level classes or part-time grad…
  • FAR 52.222-11 Subcontracts (Labor Standards).
    …— (1) Construction Wage Rate Requirements; (2) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation (if the clause is included in this contract); (3) Apprentices and Trainees; (4) Payrolls and Basic Records; (5) Compliance wi…
  • FAR 52.222-12 Contract Termination—Debarment.
    …es entitled Construction Wage Rate Requirements, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation, Apprentices and Trainees, Payrolls and Basic Records, Compliance with Copeland Act Requirements, Subcontracts (Labor Standards)…
  • FAR 52.236-15 Schedules for Construction Contracts.
    …nce, the Contracting Officer may require the Contractor to increase the number of shifts, overtime operations, days of work, and/or the amount of construction plant, and to submit for approval any supplementary schedule or schedules in char…

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