80 FR 55646 - Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, Notice of Rate Change in Effect as of January 1, 2016

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 179 (September 16, 2015)

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The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is issuing this notice to announce the applicable minimum wage rate to be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with Federal contracts covered by Executive Order 13658, beginning January 1, 2016. Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors (the Executive Order or the Order), was signed by President Barack Obama on February 12, 2014, and raised the hourly minimum wage paid by contractors to workers performing work on covered Federal contracts to: $10.10 per hour, beginning January 1, 2015; and beginning January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, an amount determined by the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) in accordance with the methodology set forth in the Order. See 79 FR 9851. The Secretary's determination of the Executive Order minimum wage rate also affects the minimum hourly cash wage that must be paid to tipped employees performing work on or in connection with covered contracts beginning January 1, 2016. See 79 FR 9851-52. The Secretary is required to provide notice to the public of the new minimum wage rate at least 90 days before such rate is to take effect. See 79 FR 9851. Pursuant to Executive Order 13658 and its implementing regulations at 29 CFR part 10, notice is hereby given that beginning January 1, 2016, the Executive Order minimum wage rate that generally must be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts is $10.15 per hour. Notice is also hereby given that, beginning January 1, 2016, the required minimum cash wage that generally must be paid to tipped employees performing work on or in connection with covered contracts is $5.85 per hour.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, Notice of Rate 
Change in Effect as of January 1, 2016

AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of 
Labor (the Department) is issuing this notice to announce the 
applicable minimum wage rate to be paid to workers performing work on 
or in connection with Federal contracts covered by Executive Order 
13658, beginning January 1, 2016.
    Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors 
(the Executive Order or the Order), was signed by President Barack 
Obama on February 12, 2014, and raised the hourly minimum wage paid by 
contractors to workers performing work on covered Federal contracts to: 
$10.10 per hour, beginning January 1, 2015; and beginning January 1, 
2016, and annually thereafter, an amount determined by the Secretary of 
Labor (the Secretary) in accordance with the methodology set forth in 
the Order. See 79 FR 9851. The Secretary's determination of the 
Executive Order minimum wage rate also affects the minimum hourly cash 
wage that must be paid to tipped employees performing work on or in 
connection with covered contracts beginning January 1, 2016. See 79 FR 
9851-52. The Secretary is required to provide notice to the public of 
the new minimum wage rate at least 90 days before such rate is to take 
effect. See 79 FR 9851.
    Pursuant to Executive Order 13658 and its implementing regulations 
at 29 CFR part 10, notice is hereby given that beginning January 1, 
2016, the Executive Order minimum wage rate that generally must be paid 
to workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts 
is $10.15 per hour. Notice is also hereby given that, beginning January 
1, 2016, the required minimum cash wage that generally must be paid to 
tipped employees performing work on or in connection with covered 
contracts is $5.85 per hour.

DATES: This notice is effective on September 16, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Waterman, Acting Director, 
Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage and Hour 
Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-0406 (this is 
not a toll-free number). Copies of this notice may be obtained in 
alternative formats (Large Print, Braille, Audio Tape, or Disc), upon 
request, by calling (202) 693-0023 (not a toll-free number). TTY/TTD 
callers may dial toll-free (877) 889-5627 to obtain information or 
request materials in alternative formats.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Executive Order 13658 Background and Requirements for Determining 
Annual Increases to the Minimum Wage Rate

    Executive Order 13658 was signed by President Barack Obama on 
February 12, 2014, and raised the hourly minimum wage paid by 
contractors to workers performing work on or in connection with covered 
Federal contracts to $10.10 per hour, beginning January 1, 2015; and 
beginning January 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, an amount 
determined by the Secretary pursuant to the Order. See 79 FR 9851. The 
Executive Order directed the Secretary to issue regulations to 
implement the Order's requirements. See 79 FR 9852. Accordingly, after 
engaging in notice-and-comment rulemaking, the Department published a 
Final Rule on October 7, 2014 to implement the Executive Order. See 79 
FR 60634. The final regulations, set forth at 29 CFR part 10, 
established standards and procedures for implementing and enforcing the 
minimum wage protections of the Order.
    The Executive Order and its implementing regulations require the 
Secretary to determine the applicable minimum wage rate to be paid to 
workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts on 
an annual basis, beginning January 1, 2016. See 79 FR 9851; 29 CFR 
10.1(a)(2), 10.5(a)(2), 10.12(a). Sections 2(a) and (b) of the Order 
establish the methodology that the Secretary must use to determine the 
annual inflation-based increases to the minimum wage rate. See 79 FR 
9851. These provisions, which are implemented in 29 CFR 10.5(b), 
explain that the applicable minimum wage determined by the Secretary 
for each calendar year shall be:
    (i) Not less than the amount in effect on the date of such 
determination;
    (ii) Increased from such amount by the annual percentage increase 
in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers 
(CPI-W) (United States city average, all items, not seasonally 
adjusted), or its successor publication, as determined by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS); and
    (iii) Rounded to the nearest multiple of $0.05.
    Section 2(b) of the Executive Order further provides that, in 
calculating the annual percentage increase in the CPI for purposes of 
determining the new minimum wage rate, the Secretary shall compare such 
CPI for the most recent month, quarter, or year available (as selected 
by the Secretary prior to the first year for which a minimum wage is in 
effect) with the CPI for the same month in the preceding year, the same 
quarter in the preceding year, or the preceding year, respectively. See 
79 FR 9851. In order to calculate the annual percentage increase in the 
CPI, the Department elected in its Final Rule

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implementing the Executive Order to compare such CPI for the most 
recent year available with the CPI for the preceding year. See 29 CFR 
10.5(b)(2)(iii). In its Final Rule, the Department explained that it 
decided to compare the CPI-W for the most recent year available 
(instead of using the most recent month or quarter, as allowed by the 
Order) with the CPI-W for the preceding year, in order ``to minimize 
the impact of seasonal fluctuations on the Executive Order minimum wage 
rate.'' 79 FR 60666.
    Once a determination has been made with respect to the new minimum 
wage rate to be paid to workers performing work on or in connection 
with covered contracts, the Executive Order and its implementing 
regulations require the Secretary to notify the public of the 
applicable minimum wage rate on an annual basis at least 90 days before 
any new minimum wage is to take effect. See 79 FR 9851; 29 CFR 
10.5(a)(2), 10.12(c)(1). The regulations explain that the Administrator 
of the Department's Wage and Hour Division (the Administrator) will 
publish an annual notice in the Federal Register stating the applicable 
minimum wage rate at least 90 days before any new minimum wage is to 
take effect. See 29 CFR 10.12(c)(2)(i). Additionally, the regulations 
state that the Administrator will provide notice of the Executive Order 
minimum wage rate on Wage Determinations OnLine (WDOL), http://www.wdol.gov, or any successor site; on all wage determinations issued 
under the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), 40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq., and the 
Service Contract Act (SCA), 41 U.S.C. 6701 et seq.; and by other means 
the Administrator deems appropriate. See 29 CFR 10.12(c)(2)(ii)-(iv).
    Section 3 of the Executive Order requires contractors to pay tipped 
employees covered by the Order performing on or in connection with 
covered contracts an hourly cash wage of at least $4.90, beginning on 
January 1, 2015, provided the employees receive sufficient tips to 
equal the Executive Order minimum wage rate under section 2 of the 
Order when combined with the cash wage. See 79 FR 9851-52; 29 CFR 
10.28(a). The Order further provides that, in each succeeding year, 
beginning January 1, 2016, the required cash wage must increase by 
$0.95 (or a lesser amount if necessary) until it reaches 70 percent of 
the Executive Order minimum wage. Id. For subsequent years, the cash 
wage for tipped employees will be 70 percent of the Executive Order 
minimum wage rounded to the nearest $0.05. Id. At all times, the amount 
of tips received by the employee must equal at least the difference 
between the cash wage paid and the Executive Order minimum wage; if the 
employee does not receive sufficient tips, the contractor must increase 
the cash wage paid so that the cash wage in combination with the tips 
received equals the Executive Order minimum wage. Id.

II. The 2016 Executive Order Minimum Wage Rate

    In accordance with the methodology set forth in the Executive Order 
and summarized above, the Department must first determine the annual 
percentage increase in the CPI-W (United States city average, all 
items, not seasonally adjusted) as published by BLS in order to 
determine the new Executive Order minimum wage rate. In calculating the 
annual percentage increase in the CPI, the Department must compare the 
CPI-W for the most recent year available with the CPI-W for the 
preceding year. The Department therefore compares the percentage change 
in the CPI-W between the most recent year (i.e., the most recent four 
quarters) and the prior year (i.e., the four quarters preceding the 
most recent year). The current Executive Order minimum wage rate must 
then be increased by the resulting annual percentage change and rounded 
to the nearest multiple of $0.05.
    In order to determine the Executive Order minimum wage rate 
beginning January 1, 2016, the Department therefore calculated the CPI-
W for the most recent year by averaging the CPI-W for the four most 
recent quarters, which consist of the first two quarters of 2015 and 
the last two quarters of 2014 (i.e., July 2014 through June 2015). The 
Department then compared that data to the average CPI-W for the 
preceding year, which consists of the first two quarters of 2014 and 
the last two quarters of 2013 (i.e., July 2013 through June 2014). 
Based on this methodology, the Department determined that the annual 
percentage increase in the CPI-W (United States city average, all 
items, not seasonally adjusted) was 0.345%. The Department then applied 
that annual percentage increase of 0.345% to the current Executive 
Order hourly minimum wage rate of $10.10, which resulted in a wage rate 
of $10.13 (($10.10 x .00345) + $10.10); however, pursuant to the 
Executive Order, that rate must be rounded to the nearest multiple of 
$0.05. The new Executive Order minimum wage rate that must generally be 
paid to workers performing on or in connection with covered contracts 
beginning January 1, 2016 is therefore $10.15 per hour.

III. The 2016 Executive Order Minimum Cash Wage for Tipped Employees

    As noted above, section 3 of the Executive Order requires 
contractors to pay tipped employees covered by the Order performing on 
or in connection with covered contracts an hourly cash wage of at least 
$4.90, beginning January 1, 2015, provided the employees receive 
sufficient tips to equal the Executive Order minimum wage rate under 
section 2 of the Order when combined with the cash wage. See 79 FR 
9851-52; 29 CFR 10.28(a). Section 3 of the Executive Order also 
provides a methodology to be utilized each year in determining the 
amount of the minimum hourly cash wage that must be paid to tipped 
employees performing on or in connection with covered contracts. 
Pursuant to the Order, in each succeeding year, beginning January 1, 
2016, the required cash wage increases by $0.95 (or a lesser amount if 
necessary) until it reaches 70 percent of the Executive Order minimum 
wage rate. For subsequent years, the cash wage for tipped employees 
will be 70 percent of the Executive Order minimum wage rate rounded to 
the nearest $0.05.
    In order to determine the minimum hourly cash wage that must be 
paid to tipped employees performing on or in connection with covered 
contracts beginning January 1, 2016, the Department first calculated 
that 70 percent of the new Executive Order minimum wage rate of $10.15 
is $7.11. The Executive Order provides that the current minimum hourly 
cash wage of $4.90 must increase by the lesser of $0.95 or the amount 
necessary for the hourly cash wage to equal 70 percent of the 
applicable Executive Order minimum wage. Because $0.95 is less than 
$2.21 (the amount necessary for the hourly cash wage to reach 70 
percent of $10.15), the hourly cash wage must increase by $0.95.
    The new minimum hourly cash wage that must generally be paid to 
tipped workers performing on or in connection with covered contracts 
beginning January 1, 2016 is therefore $5.85 per hour.

IV. Appendices

    Appendix A to this notice provides a comprehensive chart of the 
CPI-W data published by BLS that the Department utilized to calculate 
the new Executive Order minimum wage rate based on the methodology 
explained herein. Appendix B to this notice sets forth an updated 
version of the Executive Order 13658 poster that the Department

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published with its Final Rule, reflecting the updated wage rates that 
will be in effect beginning January 1, 2016. See 79 FR 60732-33. 
Pursuant to 29 CFR 10.29, contractors are required to notify all 
workers performing on or in connection with a covered contract of the 
applicable minimum wage rate under the Executive Order. Contractors 
with employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act who are 
performing on or in connection with a covered contract may satisfy the 
notice requirement by displaying the poster set forth in Appendix B in 
a prominent or accessible place at the worksite.

    Dated: September 9, 2015.
David Weil,
Wage and Hour Administrator.

Appendix A
Appendix B
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implementing the Executive Order to the employee must equal at least the III. The 2016 Executive Order
compare such CPI for the most recent difference between the cash wage paid Minimum Cash Wage for Tipped
year available with the CPI for the and the Executive Order minimum Employees
preceding year. See 29 CFR wage; if the employee does not receive As noted above, section 3 of the
10.5(b)(2)(iii). In its Final Rule, the sufficient tips, the contractor must Executive Order requires contractors to
Department explained that it decided to increase the cash wage paid so that the pay tipped employees covered by the
compare the CPI–W for the most recent cash wage in combination with the tips Order performing on or in connection
year available (instead of using the most received equals the Executive Order with covered contracts an hourly cash
recent month or quarter, as allowed by minimum wage. Id. wage of at least $4.90, beginning January
the Order) with the CPI–W for the
II. The 2016 Executive Order Minimum 1, 2015, provided the employees receive
preceding year, in order ‘‘to minimize
Wage Rate sufficient tips to equal the Executive
the impact of seasonal fluctuations on
In accordance with the methodology Order minimum wage rate under section
the Executive Order minimum wage
set forth in the Executive Order and 2 of the Order when combined with the
rate.’’ 79 FR 60666.
Once a determination has been made summarized above, the Department cash wage. See 79 FR 9851–52; 29 CFR
with respect to the new minimum wage must first determine the annual 10.28(a). Section 3 of the Executive
rate to be paid to workers performing percentage increase in the CPI–W Order also provides a methodology to be
work on or in connection with covered (United States city average, all items, utilized each year in determining the
contracts, the Executive Order and its not seasonally adjusted) as published by amount of the minimum hourly cash
implementing regulations require the BLS in order to determine the new wage that must be paid to tipped
Secretary to notify the public of the Executive Order minimum wage rate. In employees performing on or in
applicable minimum wage rate on an calculating the annual percentage connection with covered contracts.
annual basis at least 90 days before any increase in the CPI, the Department Pursuant to the Order, in each
new minimum wage is to take effect. must compare the CPI–W for the most succeeding year, beginning January 1,
See 79 FR 9851; 29 CFR 10.5(a)(2), recent year available with the CPI–W for 2016, the required cash wage increases
10.12(c)(1). The regulations explain that the preceding year. The Department by $0.95 (or a lesser amount if
the Administrator of the Department’s therefore compares the percentage necessary) until it reaches 70 percent of
Wage and Hour Division (the change in the CPI–W between the most the Executive Order minimum wage
Administrator) will publish an annual recent year (i.e., the most recent four rate. For subsequent years, the cash
notice in the Federal Register stating quarters) and the prior year (i.e., the four wage for tipped employees will be 70
the applicable minimum wage rate at quarters preceding the most recent percent of the Executive Order
least 90 days before any new minimum year). The current Executive Order minimum wage rate rounded to the
wage is to take effect. See 29 CFR minimum wage rate must then be nearest $0.05.
10.12(c)(2)(i). Additionally, the increased by the resulting annual In order to determine the minimum
regulations state that the Administrator percentage change and rounded to the hourly cash wage that must be paid to
will provide notice of the Executive nearest multiple of $0.05. tipped employees performing on or in
Order minimum wage rate on Wage In order to determine the Executive connection with covered contracts
Determinations OnLine (WDOL), http:// Order minimum wage rate beginning beginning January 1, 2016, the
www.wdol.gov, or any successor site; on January 1, 2016, the Department Department first calculated that 70
all wage determinations issued under therefore calculated the CPI–W for the percent of the new Executive Order
the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), 40 U.S.C. most recent year by averaging the CPI– minimum wage rate of $10.15 is $7.11.
3141 et seq., and the Service Contract W for the four most recent quarters, The Executive Order provides that the
Act (SCA), 41 U.S.C. 6701 et seq.; and which consist of the first two quarters current minimum hourly cash wage of
by other means the Administrator of 2015 and the last two quarters of 2014 $4.90 must increase by the lesser of
deems appropriate. See 29 CFR (i.e., July 2014 through June 2015). The $0.95 or the amount necessary for the
10.12(c)(2)(ii)–(iv). Department then compared that data to hourly cash wage to equal 70 percent of
Section 3 of the Executive Order the average CPI–W for the preceding the applicable Executive Order
requires contractors to pay tipped year, which consists of the first two minimum wage. Because $0.95 is less
employees covered by the Order quarters of 2014 and the last two than $2.21 (the amount necessary for the
performing on or in connection with quarters of 2013 (i.e., July 2013 through hourly cash wage to reach 70 percent of
covered contracts an hourly cash wage June 2014). Based on this methodology, $10.15), the hourly cash wage must
of at least $4.90, beginning on January the Department determined that the increase by $0.95.
1, 2015, provided the employees receive annual percentage increase in the CPI– The new minimum hourly cash wage
sufficient tips to equal the Executive W (United States city average, all items, that must generally be paid to tipped
Order minimum wage rate under section not seasonally adjusted) was 0.345%. workers performing on or in connection
2 of the Order when combined with the The Department then applied that with covered contracts beginning
cash wage. See 79 FR 9851–52; 29 CFR annual percentage increase of 0.345% to January 1, 2016 is therefore $5.85 per
10.28(a). The Order further provides the current Executive Order hourly hour.
that, in each succeeding year, beginning minimum wage rate of $10.10, which
resulted in a wage rate of $10.13 IV. Appendices
January 1, 2016, the required cash wage
must increase by $0.95 (or a lesser (($10.10 × .00345) + $10.10); however, Appendix A to this notice provides a
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amount if necessary) until it reaches 70 pursuant to the Executive Order, that comprehensive chart of the CPI–W data
percent of the Executive Order rate must be rounded to the nearest published by BLS that the Department
minimum wage. Id. For subsequent multiple of $0.05. The new Executive utilized to calculate the new Executive
years, the cash wage for tipped Order minimum wage rate that must Order minimum wage rate based on the
employees will be 70 percent of the generally be paid to workers performing methodology explained herein.
Executive Order minimum wage on or in connection with covered Appendix B to this notice sets forth an
rounded to the nearest $0.05. Id. At all contracts beginning January 1, 2016 is updated version of the Executive Order
times, the amount of tips received by therefore $10.15 per hour. 13658 poster that the Department

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published with its Final Rule, reflecting remain in effect until further notice. You may contact NARA’s GRS Team
the updated wage rates that will be in Previously published outpatient (within Records Management Services
effect beginning January 1, 2016. See 79 medical and dental, and cosmetic in the National Records Management
FR 60732–33. Pursuant to 29 CFR 10.29, surgery rates remain in effect until Program, Office of the Chief Records
contractors are required to notify all further notice. Pharmacy rates are Officer) with general questions about
workers performing on or in connection updated periodically. A full disclosure the GRS at GRS_Team@nara.gov.
with a covered contract of the of the rates is posted on Defense Health Your agency’s records officer may
applicable minimum wage rate under Agency’s Uniform Business Office Web contact the NARA appraiser or records
the Executive Order. Contractors with site: http://www.tricare.mil/ocfo/mcfs/ analyst with whom your agency
employees covered by the Fair Labor ubo/mhs_rates.cfm. normally works for support in carrying
Standards Act who are performing on or out this transmittal and the revised
Shaun Donovan,
in connection with a covered contract portions of the GRS. We have posted a
may satisfy the notice requirement by Director, Office Management and Budget.
list of the appraisal and scheduling
displaying the poster set forth in [FR Doc. 2015–23254 Filed 9–15–15; 8:45 am]
work group and regional contacts on our
Appendix B in a prominent or BILLING CODE P Web site at http://www.archives.gov/
accessible place at the worksite. records-mgmt/appraisal/index.html.
Dated: September 9, 2015. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
David Weil, NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION What is GRS Transmittal 25?
Wage and Hour Administrator.
GRS Transmittal 25 is the issuing
Appendix A [NARA–2015–062]
memo for newly-revised portions of the
Appendix B
[FR Doc. 2015–23235 Filed 9–15–15; 8:45 am] Records Management; General General Records Schedule (GRS). We
Records Schedule (GRS); GRS are completely rewriting the GRS over
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a Capstone Approach published the master plan for that
project in 2013 under records
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND AGENCY: National Archives and Records management memo AC 02.2013 (http://
BUDGET Administration (NARA) www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/
Fiscal Year 2015 Cost of Hospital and ACTION: Notice of new General Records memos/ac02-2013.html). We have
Medical Care Treatment Furnished by Schedule (GRS) Transmittal 25 changed some details in the plan, but its
the Department of Defense Medical major outlines remain solid. Transmittal
SUMMARY: NARA is issuing a new 23 was the first installment of the new
Treatment Facilities; Certain Rates
General Records Schedule (GRS) via GRS; Transmittal 24 was the second.
Regarding Recovery From Tortiously
GRS Transmittal 25. The GRS provides GRS Transmittal 25 issues additions to
Liable Third Persons
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AGENCY: Executive Office of the instructions for administrative records published GRS Transmittal 24 in August
President, Office of Management and common to several or all Federal 2015. However, schedules published in
Budget. agencies. Transmittal 25 announces GRS Transmittal 24 are still active.
ACTION: Notice. changes we have made to the GRS since
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SUMMARY: By virtue of the authority 2015. We are concurrently how do I use it?
vested in the President by Section 2(a) disseminating Transmittal 25 (the memo GRS Transmittal 25 contains one new
of Pub. B. 87–603 (76 Stat. 593; 42 and the accompanying records schedule schedule: GRS 6.1, Email Managed
U.S.C. 2652), and delegated to the and FAQ document) directly to each under a Capstone Approach, and an
Director of the Office of Management agency’s records management official accompanying frequently-asked-
and Budget (OMB) by the President and have posted it on NARA’s Web site. questions (FAQ) document. Transmittal
through Executive Order No. 11541 of DATES: This transmittal is effective the 25 does not supersede GRS Transmittal
July 1, 1970, the rates referenced below date it publishes in the Federal 24; you should use it in concert with
are hereby established. These rates are Register. Transmittal 24, which publishes all
for use in connection with the recovery other GRSs.
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Standardized Amounts inpatient third NARA’s Web site at http:// weeks ago, on August 18, 2015. Because
party reimbursement rates that became www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/ that transmittal superseded a
effective October 1, 2014, for billing grs.html (however, please remember in considerable number of old GRS items,
medical insurers, but require a different this case to download both Transmittal we permitted agencies six months in
approval authority for the purpose of 24 and 25 if you want the complete which to take certain actions required to
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been established in accordance with the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For needs to remain a separate publication
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requiring reimbursement of the full cost obtain paper copies of the GRS, contact agencies can be clear on the
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are effective upon publication of this comments@nara.gov, or by telephone at schedule from Transmittal 25, along
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Contact		Robert Waterman, Acting Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-0406 (this is not a toll-free number). Copies of this notice may be obtained in alternative formats (Large Print, Braille, Audio Tape, or Disc), upon request, by calling (202) 693-0023 (not a toll-free number). TTY/TTD callers may dial toll-free (877) 889-5627 to obtain information or request materials in alternative formats.
FR Citation		80 FR 55646

80 FR 55646 - Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, Notice of Rate Change in Effect as of January 1, 2016

DEPARTMENT OF LABOROffice of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 179 (September 16, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary