Amending the Service Contract Act of 1965: Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 11884 ... |
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... performing work on such contracts less than the greater of- " ( A ) the minimum wage specified under section 6 ( a ) ( 1 ) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 , as amended ( 52 Stat . 1060 ; 29 U.S.C. 201 , et seq . ) , or " ( B ) ...
... performing work on such contracts less than the greater of- " ( A ) the minimum wage specified under section 6 ( a ) ( 1 ) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 , as amended ( 52 Stat . 1060 ; 29 U.S.C. 201 , et seq . ) , or " ( B ) ...
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... performed . The Department of Labor requires contracting agencies to submit " notices of intention " to award service contracts not less than 30 days prior to the issuance of invitations for bids or commencement of nego- tiations . The ...
... performed . The Department of Labor requires contracting agencies to submit " notices of intention " to award service contracts not less than 30 days prior to the issuance of invitations for bids or commencement of nego- tiations . The ...
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... performed , or the location in which the work is to be performed makes it likely that low wages will be paid under the contract ; or ( 3 ) The Department expects other similar service contracts to be awarded in the locality to which the ...
... performed , or the location in which the work is to be performed makes it likely that low wages will be paid under the contract ; or ( 3 ) The Department expects other similar service contracts to be awarded in the locality to which the ...
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... performed under construction contracts subject to the Davis - Bacon Act is not usually similar to the work called for by service contracts . Also , the types of employees in- volved are not usually similar . The technique of using mail ...
... performed under construction contracts subject to the Davis - Bacon Act is not usually similar to the work called for by service contracts . Also , the types of employees in- volved are not usually similar . The technique of using mail ...
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... performed . For ex- ample , if it is determined that carpenters and plumbers require the same level of skill and will therefore be paid the same wages , it may not be necessary to determine the prevailing local rates for each skill or ...
... performed . For ex- ample , if it is determined that carpenters and plumbers require the same level of skill and will therefore be paid the same wages , it may not be necessary to determine the prevailing local rates for each skill or ...
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Page 26 - Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you again for this opportunity to appear before your Committee...
Page 16 - Law 763 provides that the compensation of such employees shall be fixed and adjusted from time to time as nearly as is consistent with the public interest in accordance with prevailing rates. A general survey of Government and industrial employees...
Page 1 - ... (b) (1) No contractor who enters into any contract with the Federal Government the principal purpose of which is to furnish services through the use of service employees as defined herein and no subcontractor thereunder shall pay any of his employees engaged in performing work on such contracts less...
Page 2 - Secretary that such wages and fringe benefits are substantially at variance with those which prevail for services of a character similar in the locality. (d) Subject to limitations in annual appropriation Acts but notwithstanding any other provision of law, contracts to which this Act applies may, if authorized by the Secretary, be for any term of years not exceeding five, if each such contract provides for the periodic adjustment of wages and fringe benefits pursuant to future determinations, issued...
Page 36 - However, in general, there are a couple of questions I would like to ask. You...
Page 3 - Columbia in excess of $2,500 — • the principal purpose of which is to furnish services to the United States through the use of service employees...
Page 24 - Such a duty does not, however, ensue as a matter of law from the mere fact that an employer is doing the same work in the same place with the same employees as his predecessor, as the Board had recognized until its decision in the instant case.
Page 3 - A provision specifying the minimum monetary wages to be paid the various classes of service employees in the performance of the contract or any subcontract thereunder, as determined by the Secretary, or his authorized representative, in accordance with prevailing rates for such employees in the locality, which in no case shall be lower than the minimum specified in subsection (b).
Page 24 - One of these fundamental policies is freedom of contract. While the parties' freedom of contract is not absolute under the Act, allowing the Board to compel agreement when the parties themselves are unable to agree would violate the fundamental premise on which the Act is based — private bargaining under governmental supervision of the procedure alone, without any official compulsion over the actual terms of the contract.
Page 2 - Act (other than section 10), but only in special circumstances where he determines that such limitation, variation, tolerance, or exemption is necessary and proper in the public interest or to avoid the serious impairment of government business, and is in accord with the remedial purpose of this Act to protect prevailing labor standards.