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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">222.406-9</ph> Withholding from or suspension of contract payments.</title>
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         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(a)  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Withholding from contract payments.</i>  The contracting officer shall contact the labor advisor for assistance when payments due a contractor are not available to satisfy that contractor's liability for Wage Rate Requirements or CWHSS statute wage underpayments or liquidated damages.</p>
         <p outputclass="List1" class="- topic/p ">(c)  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Disposition of contract payments withheld or suspended.</i>
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         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(3)  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Limitation on forwarding or returning funds.</i>  When disposition of withheld funds remains the final action necessary to close out a contract, the Department of Labor will retain withheld funds pending completion of an investigation or other administrative proceedings.</p>
         <p outputclass="List2" class="- topic/p ">(4)  <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Liquidated damages.</i>
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         <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(A)  The agency head may adjust liquidated damages of $500 or less when the amount assessed is incorrect or waive the assessment when the violations—</p>
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            <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">(1)  </i>Were nonwillful or inadvertent; and</p>
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            <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">(2) </i> Occurred notwithstanding the exercise of due care by the contractor, its subcontractor, or their agents.</p>
         <p outputclass="List4" class="- topic/p ">(B)  The agency head may recommend to the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, that the liquidated damages over $500 be adjusted because the amount assessed is incorrect.  The agency head may also recommend the assessment be waived when the violations—</p>
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            <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">(1)  </i>Were nonwillful or inadvertent; and</p>
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            <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">(2)  </i>Occurred notwithstanding the exercise of due care by the contractor, the subcontractor, or their agents.</p>
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