---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 23.210"
title: "29"
number: "23.210"
heading: "Contract clause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/23.210"
---

# §23.210. 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 [§ 23.110(a)](/cfr/29/23.110.md?p=a).
- (b) **Flow-down requirement.** The contractor and any subcontractors shall include in any covered subcontracts the Executive Order minimum wage contract clause referred to in [§ 23.110(a)](/cfr/29/23.110.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. 14026, 86 FR 22835; Secretary's Order 01-2014, 79 FR 77527.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 67224, Nov. 24, 2021, unless otherwise noted.