48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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11 sections with “wages or hours of employees”

  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    …asic rate of pay for each hour worked over 40 hours. (b) Violation; liability for unpaid wages; liquidated damages. The responsible Contractor and subcontractor are liable for unpaid wages if they violate the terms in paragraph (a) of this…
  • FAR 52.222-8 Payrolls and Basic Records.
    …l security number of each such worker, his or her correct classification, hourly rates of wages paid (including rates of contributions or costs anticipated for bona fide fringe benefits or cash equivalents thereof of the types described in …
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …t by the Contractor or any subcontractor shall be paid not less than the minimum monetary wages and shall be furnished fringe benefits in accordance with the wages and fringe benefits determined by the Secretary of Labor, or authorized repr…
  • FAR 22.406-9 Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.
    … cease or until the agency has withheld sufficient funds to compensate employees for back wages, and to cover any liquidated damages due. (c) Disposition of contract payments withheld or suspended—(1) Forwarding wage underpayments to the S…
  • 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 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    … or in connection with a contract covered by Executive Order (E.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 (Constructio…
  • FAR 52.232-9 Limitation on Withholding of Payments.
    … this limitation shall not apply to— (a) Withholdings pursuant to any clause relating to wages or hours of employees; (b) Withholdings not specifically provided for by this contract; (c) The recovery of overpayments; and (d) Any other w…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    …ered to 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 …
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    …s specifically authorized by the Contracting Officer. (4) The hourly rates shall include wages, indirect costs, general and administrative expense, and profit. Fractional parts of an hour shall be payable on a prorated basis. (5) Vouchers…
  • FAR 22.406-8 Investigations.
    …disclosing material obtained from Labor Department files, other than computations of back wages and liquidated damages and summaries of back wages due, to anyone other than Government contract administrators. (b) Investigation report. The …
  • FAR 22.2101 Definitions.
    …performing work on or in connection with a contract covered by E.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 (Constructio…

FAR (chapter 1)

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