# Service Contract Act; Labor Standards for Federal Service Contracts
> **Wage and Hour Division** · Final rule. · Published 1996-12-30 · 61 FR 68647
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-33222
- **Category:** wage-hour
- **Sub-agency:** Wage and Hour Division
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 68647
- **CFR reference:** 29 CFR 4
- **Publication date:** 1996-12-30
## Abstract

This document adopts as a final rule a new methodology for establishing minimum health and welfare benefits requirements under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA). In this document, the Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) also issues a variance, pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Act, to reflect the Department's practice of issuing prevailing fringe benefit determinations on a nationwide basis, rather than separately for classes of employees and localities. This document also contains other minor, clarifying modifications that conform the regulations to a 1985 court decision, a 1983 treaty, a 1996 intergovernmental compact, and more recent amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) minimum wage provisions.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/12/30/96-33222/service-contract-act-labor-standards-for-federal-service-contracts)
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