---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 10.27"
title: "29"
number: "10.27"
heading: "Anti-kickback."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/10.27"
---

# §10.27. Anti-kickback.


All wages paid to workers performing on or in connection with covered contracts must be paid free and clear and without subsequent deduction (except as set forth in [§ 10.23](/cfr/29/10.23.md)), rebate, or kickback on any account. Kickbacks directly or indirectly to the employer or to another person for the employer's benefit for the whole or part of the wage are prohibited.


## 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.