48 CFR § 22.403-3 - 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards.
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title: "48 CFR § 22.403-3 - 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "22.403-3"
section_name: "22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "22"
part_name: "APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42258, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 22.403-3 22.403-3 Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards.
40 U.S.C. chapter 37, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards, requires 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 unless paid for all additional hours at not less than 1 1/2 times the basic rate of pay (see 22.301).
[79 FR 24203, Apr. 29, 2014]