28 CFR § 345.53 - Piecework rates.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s345.53"
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title: "28 CFR § 345.53 - Piecework rates."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "345.53"
section_name: "Piecework rates."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "345"
part_name: "FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES (FPI) INMATE WORK PROGRAMS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "18 U.S.C. 4126, 28 CFR 0.99, and by resolution of the Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries, Inc."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 15827, Mar. 27, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "345"
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# 345.53 Piecework rates.

Piecework rates are incentives for workers to strive for higher pay and production benefiting both the worker and FPI. Piecework rates may be of two major types: individual piecework (in which an individual's pay goes up or down depending upon his/her own output) or Group Wage Fund (in which all members of a group strive for higher rates or production output as a unit, and all share in a pool of funds distributed among work group members equally).