48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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10 sections with “workweek”

  • FAR 22.103-1 Definition.
    Normal workweek, as used in this subpart, means, generally, a workweek of 40 hours. Outside the United States and its outlying areas, a workweek longer than 40 hours is considered normal if— (1) The workweek does not exceed the norm for th…
  • FAR 22.2104 Exclusions.
    …ith contracts covered by the E.O. for less than 20 percent of their work hours in a given workweek. This exclusion is inapplicable to employees performing on contracts covered by the E.O., i.e., those employees directly engaged in performin…
  • FAR 52.222-4 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards—Overtime Compensation.
    … Acquisition Regulation 22.300) shall require or permit them to work over 40 hours in any workweek unless they are paid at least 1 and 1/2 times the basic rate of pay for each hour worked over 40 hours. (b) Violation; liability for unpaid …
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    … Overtime means time worked by a contractor's employee in excess of the employee's normal workweek. Overtime premium means the difference between the contractor's regular rate of pay to an employee for the shift involved and the higher rat…
  • FAR 22.301 Statutory requirement.
    …emplated by the contract shall be 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 22.302 Liquidated damages and overtime pay.
    …n which the employer required or permitted the employee to work in excess of the standard workweek of 40 hours without paying overtime wages required by the statute. In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of…
  • FAR 22.401 Definitions.
    …and guards; (iii) Working foremen who devote more than 20 percent of their time during a workweek performing duties of a laborer or mechanic, and who do not meet the criteria of 29 CFR part 541, for the time so spent; and (iv) Every perso…
  • FAR 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards.
    …emplated by the contract shall be required or permitted to work more than 40 hours in any workweek unless paid for all additional hours at not less than 1 1/2 times the basic rate of pay (see 22.301).
  • FAR 22.1903 Applicability.
    …by the contract, and who spend less than 20 percent of their hours worked in a particular workweek performing in connection with such contracts; (ii) Individuals exempted from the minimum wage requirements of the FLSA under 29 U.S.C. 213(a…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …by the contract, and who spend less than 20 percent of their hours worked in a particular workweek performing in connection with such contracts; (ii) Individuals exempted from the minimum wage requirements of the FLSA under 29 U.S.C. 213(a…

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