Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act

(40 U.S.C. 327-333) Where applicable, all contracts awarded by recipients in excess of $2000 for construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborer shall include a provision for compliance with Sections 102 and 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333), as supplemented by Department of Labors regulations (28 CFR part 5). Under Section 102 of the Act, each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours.  Work in excess of the standard work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated as a rate not less than I _ times the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours int he work week. Section 10 of the Act is applicable to construction work and provides that no laborer or mechanic shall be required to work in surrounding or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous...... These requirements do not apply to the purchases of supplies or materials or articles ordinarily available on the open market, or contracts for transportation or transmission of intelligence.