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Contract Clauses for Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 Refresh Number 9 Contract Number: GS-07F-0031W <br />(3) (i) The Contractor may request a price adjustment only after the effective date of the new <br />annual E.O. minimum wage determination. Prices will be adjusted only for increased <br />labor costs (including subcontractor labor costs) as aresult of an increase in the annual <br />E.O. minimum wage, and for associated labor costs (including those for subcontractors). <br />Associated labor costs shall include increases or decreases that result from changes in <br />social security and unemployment taxes and workers' compensation insurance, but will <br />not otherwise include any amount for general and administrative costs, overhead, or <br />profit. <br />(ii) Subcontractors may be entitled to adjustments due to the new minimum wage, <br />pursuant to paragraph (b)(2). Contractors shall consider any subcontractor requests for <br />such price adjustment. <br />(iii) The Contracting Officer will not adjust the contract price under this clause for any <br />costs other than those identified in paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this clause, and will not provide <br />duplicate price adjustments with any price adjustment under clauses implementing the <br />Service Contract Labor Standards statute or the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) <br />statute. <br />(4) The Contractor warrants that the prices in this contract do not include allowance for any <br />contingency to cover increased costs for which adjustment is provided under this clause. <br />(5) A pay period under this clause may not be longer than semi-monthly, but may be shorter to <br />comply with any applicable law or other requirement under this contract establishing a shorter <br />pay period. Workers shall be paid no later than one pay period following the end of the regular <br />pay period in which such wages were earned or accrued. <br />(6) The Contractor shall pay, unconditionally to each worker, all wages due free and clear without <br />subsequent rebate or kickback. The Contractor may make deductions that reduce a worker's <br />wages below the E.O. minimum wage rate only if done in accordance with 29 CER 10.23, <br />Deductions. <br />(7) The Contractor shall not discharge any part of its minimum wage obligation under this clause <br />by furnishing fringe benefits or, with respect to workers whose wages are governed by the <br />Service Contract Labor Standards statute, the cash equivalent thereof. <br />(8) Nothing in this clause shall excuse the Contractor from compliance with any applicable <br />Federal or State prevailing wage law or any applicable law or municipal ordinance establishing a <br />minimum wage higher than the E.O. minimum wage. However, wage increases under such other <br />laws or municipal ordinances are not subject to price adjustment under this subpart. <br />(9) The Contractor shall pay the E.O. minimum wage rate whenever it is higher than any <br />applicable collective bargaining agreement(s) wage rate. <br />(10) The Contractor shall follow the policies and procedures in 29 CFR 10.24(b) and 10.28 for <br />treatment of workers engaged in an occupation in which they customarily and regularly receive <br />more than $30 a month in tips. <br />(c) (1) This clause applies to workers as defined in paragraph (a). As provided in that <br />definition — <br />(i) Workers are covered regardless of the contractual relationship alleged to exist between <br />the contractor or subcontractor and the worker; <br />(ii) Workers with disabilities whose wages are calculated pursuant to special certificates <br />issued under 29 U.S.C. 214(c) are covered; and <br />(iii) Workers who are registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program or training <br />program registered with the Department of Labor's Employment and Training <br />Administration, Office of Apprenticeship, or with a State Apprenticeship Agency <br />Page: 159 of 211 <br />