---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 10.21"
title: "29"
number: "10.21"
heading: "Contract clause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/10.21"
---

# §10.21. Contract clause.

- (a) **Contract clause.** The contractor, as a condition of payment, shall abide by the terms of the applicable Executive Order minimum wage contract clause referred to in [§ 10.11(a)](/cfr/29/10.11.md?p=a).
- (b) The contractor and any subcontractors shall include in any covered subcontracts the Executive Order minimum wage contract clause referred to in [§ 10.11(a)](/cfr/29/10.11.md?p=a) and shall require, as a condition of payment, that the subcontractor include the minimum wage contract clause in any lower-tier subcontracts. The prime contractor and any upper-tier contractor shall be responsible for the compliance by any subcontractor or lower-tier subcontractor with the Executive Order minimum wage requirements, whether or not the contract clause was included in the subcontract.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; section 4, E.O. 13658, 79 FR 9851, 3 CFR, 2014 Comp., p. 219; section 4, E.O. 14026, 86 FR 22835; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 01-2014, 79 FR 77527.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 60721, Oct. 7, 2014, unless otherwise noted.