[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR4.1a]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
PART 4_LABOR STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL SERVICE CONTRACTS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A_Service Contract Labor Standards Provisions and Procedures
 
Sec. 4.1a  Definitions and use of terms.

    As used in this part, unless otherwise indicated by the context--
    (a) Act, Service Contract Act, McNamara-O'Hara Act, or Service 
Contract Act of 1965 shall mean the Service Contract Act of 1965 as 
amended by Public Law 92-473, 86 Stat. 789, effective October 9, 1972, 
Public Law 93-57, 87 Stat. 140, effective July 6, 1973, and Public Law 
94-489, 90 Stat. 2358, effective October 13, 1976 and any subsequent 
amendments thereto.
    (b) Secretary includes the Secretary of Labor, the Deputy Under 
Secretary for Employment Standards, and their authorized 
representatives.
    (c) Wage and Hour Division means the organizational unit in the 
Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor to which 
is assigned the performance of functions of the Secretary under the 
Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended.
    (d) Administrator means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour 
Division, or authorized representative.
    (e) Contract includes any contract subject wholly or in part to the 
provisions of the Service Contract Act of 1965 as amended, and any 
subcontract of any tier thereunder. (See Sec. Sec. 4.10-4.134.)
    (f) Contractor includes a subcontractor whose subcontract is subject 
to provisions of the Act. Also, the term employer means, and is used 
interchangeably with, the terms contractor and subcontractor in various 
sections in this part. The U.S. Government, its agencies, and 
instrumentalities are not contractors, subcontractors, employers or 
joint employers for purposes of compliance with the provisions of the 
Act.
    (g) Affiliate or affiliated person includes a spouse, child, parent, 
or other close relative of the contractor or subcontractor; a partner or 
officer of the contractor or subcontractor; a corporation closely 
connected with a contractor or subcontractor as a parent, subsidiary, or 
otherwise; and an officer or agent of such corporation. An affiliation 
is also deemed to exist where, directly or indirectly, one business 
concern or individual controls or has the power to control the other or 
where a third party controls or has the power to control both.
    (h) Wage determination includes any determination of minimum wage 
rates or fringe benefits made pursuant to the provisions of sections 
2(a) and/or 4(c) of the Act for application to the employment in a 
locality of any class or classes of service employees in the performance 
of any contract in excess of $2,500 which is subject to the provisions 
of the Service Contract Act of 1965.