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28.309 Contract clauses for workers’ compensation insurance.

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28.309 Contract clauses for workers’ compensation insurance.

28.309 Contract clauses for workers’ compensation insurance.

      (a) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.228-3, Workers’ Compensation Insurance (Defense Base Act), in solicitations and contracts when the Defense Base Act applies (see 28.305) and-

           (1) The contract will be a public-work contract performed outside the United States; or

           (2) The contract will be approved or financed under the Foreign Assistance Act of1961 (Pub.L.87-195) and is not excluded by 28.305(b)(2).

      (b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.228-4, Worker’s Compensation and War-Hazard Insurance Overseas, in solicitations and contracts when the contract will be a public-work contract performed outside the United States and the Secretary of Labor waives the applicability of the Defense Base Act (see 28.305(d)).