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The Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (PCA), enacted in 1936, applies to
most contracts in excess of $10,000 entered into by any agency of the United
States Government for the manufacturing or furnishing of materials, supplies,
articles or equipment. Many organizations that provide employment to workers
with disabilities hold such supply contracts.
The PCA sets labor standards regarding minimum wages for employees
working on such contracts, prohibits the employment of convict labor and child
labor except under certain conditions, and provides for safety and health
standards.
The prevailing wage rate on which a special minimum wage paid to a
worker with a disability who is performing work subject to the PCA is based may
not be less than the full Federal minimum wage. However, if the FLSA also
applies to the worker, the prevailing wage under the FLSA will probably be
higher than the rate required under the PCA. When this is so, the worker with a
disability must receive a commensurate rate based on the higher of the two
prevailing wage rates.
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FLSA Section 14(c) Advisor |
Wage and Hour Division
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