{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-345.53","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 345.53","heading":"Piecework rates.","body":"Piecework rates are incentives for workers to strive for higher pay and production benefiting both the worker and FPI. Piecework rates may be of two major types: individual piecework (in which an individual's pay goes up or down depending upon his/her own output) or Group Wage Fund (in which all members of a group strive for higher rates or production output as a unit, and all share in a pool of funds distributed among work group members equally).","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER III—FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","PART 345—FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES (FPI) INMATE WORK PROGRAMS","Subpart F—Inmate Pay and Benefits"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"1fe249c4f2843b33da91ecbba4ee95f346ae242199789d89170bbe7510ab5eef","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-345.52","next":"us/28-cfr-345.54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}