United States Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
HRDG 4550 - Premium Pay - TOC
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Subchapter 4550 |
Issued: 03/02 |
Introduction
Section A - Introduction to Premium Pay
- Definition
- Authority
- How Do Supervisors Determine and Employee's FLSA Status?
- What Do “Nonexempt” and “Exempt” Mean on the SF-50B, Notification of Personnel Action?
Section B - Types of Overtime
What is Overtime? - Types of Overtime
- What Is Irregular or Occasional Overtime?
- What Is Regular Overtime?
- What Is Suffered or Permitted Overtime?
Section C - Basic Overtime Policy
- Am I Covered by the Basic Overtime Policy?
- Who Is Not Covered by the Basic Overtime Policy?
How Does My Flexible Work Schedule Affect Overtime?- How Does My Compressed Work Schedule Affect Overtime?
How Does My First-40-Hour Indefinite Tour Affect Overtime?- How Does LWOP Affect Overtime?
On-Call Duty
Section D - Absence During Overtime
Section E - Compensatory Time
Can I Be Granted Compensatory Time in Lieu of Overtime Pay?- Can I Transfer Compensatory Time from Another Agency?
Earning and Using Compensatory Time- How is Compensatory Time Granted?
- How Much Compensatory Time Can I Earn?
Subsection a - Compensatory Time Off for Travel (CTOT) 
- What is compensatory time off for travel (CTOT)?
Can I earn CTOT? 
Employee/Supervisory Responsibilities- Is CTOT the same as regular compensatory time off?
- How long do I have to use the earned compensatory time?
- Exceptions - When Unused CTOT is Not Forfeited
Can Forfeited CTOT be restored Like Use/Lose Annual Leave?- What if I Can't Use My CTOT Within 26 Pay Periods?
- How Do I Obtain an Extension?
Does the webTA system track this for me? - In what increments is CTOT earned and used?
- Can CTOT be earned and used in the same pay period?
- What happens to my earned CTOT if I leave?
- How is travel status defined?
- What is excluded from the travel status definition?
- What happens once I arrive at my TDY site?
- When do I have to deduct a home-to-work commute?
- When don't I have to deduct a home-to-work commute?
Am I entitled to CTOT when departing from my telework site for TDY?- What if I'm an exempt employee traveling to an administratively uncontrollable event?
- Travel Status on a Holiday
- Flying Home Each Weekend While on TDY
- Travel Between Time Zones
- Employee Selected Mode, Time or Route of Travel
- May I earn CTOT for a permanent change of station (PCS)?
- Does the biweekly/annual salary limit apply to CTOT?
- Union Representation Duties
- Part-time Employees Traveling During Non-Duty Hours
Examples of Creditable Travel Time- Chart Illustrating Premium Pay/CTOT Eligibility for Time Spent Traveling
Section F - Night, Holiday, and Sunday Premium Pay for General Schedule Employees
- Applicability
- Are Employees (including mixed tour employees) Entitled to Night, Holiday, or Sunday Premium Pay?
- Can I Receive Night, Holiday, or Sunday Premium pay if I am on a Special Tour of Duty for Educational Purposes?
- Is There a Premium Pay Limitation for FLSA-Exempt Employees?
- Who is Entitled to Night Differential?
- What is the Night Differential Rate of Pay?
- Am I Eligible for Premium Pay During Periods of Paid Absences?
- Am I Entitled to Night Differential if my Tour of Duty is a First-8 or First-40-Hour Tour of Duty?
- Am I Entitled to Night Differential if I am Temporarily Assigned to a Different Daily Tour?
- Who is Entitled to Holiday Pay?
- What is the Rate of Pay for Holidays?
- What are my First-40-Hour Employees' Holiday Pay Entitlements?
- How am I Paid for a Holiday if my Shift Spans Two Calendar Days?
- Is Inauguration Day a Legal Holiday for Me?
- Am I Entitled to Holiday Premium Pay if I am on Military or Court Leave?
- Am I Entitled to Holiday Premium Pay if the Location Where I Work has a "Local" Holiday?
- What if I am Attending a Meeting on a Holiday?
What if I am in a Travel Status on a Federal Holiday?
Who is Entitled to Sunday Pay? - What is the Sunday Premium Pay Rate?
- When am I not Eligible for Sunday Premium Pay?
Section G - Physical Hardship, Hazard Duty and Evacuation Payments for General Schedule Employees
- Policy
- What is Hazardous Duty?
- What is Duty with a Physical Hardship?
- Conditions for Payment
- Termination of Hazard Pay Differential
- Approval Authority
- Process for Requesting Approval to Pay a Hazard Pay Differential
- Justification Criteria
- Records
- Reports
Evacuation and Advance Salary Payments During an Emergency
Section H - Overtime Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Coverage
- What Does “Hours of Work” Mean for Me as an FLSA Employee?
- What is “Suffered or Permitted” Work?
- At What Rate of Pay Do I Earn Overtime?
- How is Overtime Computed Under the FLSA?
- Computation of Overtime Hours under FLSA Flow Chart
- When Can I Earn Overtime for Travel?
- Situations When Travel Time is Never Compensable
- What is the “Two-day” Per Diem Rule?
- Supervisors Responsibilities
Employee-Selected Mode or Time of Travel- Travel Between Time Zones
- Home-to-Work Travel
- Home-to-Work Travel Chart
- Travel from Temporary Lodgings
- When Not Using Temporary Lodgings
- Travel Within the Official Duty Station
- Determining the Official Duty Station Limits
Foreign Exemption- Chart Illustrating Premium Pay/CTOT Eligibility for Time Spent Traveling
Section I - Travel Outside the Official Duty Station for FLSA Employees
- Travel Outside the Official Duty Station
- Travel Outside the Official Duty Station- -By Automobile Chart
- Travel Away from the Official Duty Station
- Administratively Uncontrollable Travel
- Are There Times When I Will Not be Paid for Traveling
- Training
- Lectures, Meetings, and Conferences
- How is my Overtime Pay Calculated?
Section J - Overtime Under Title 5
- Introduction
- Do I get Overtime if I am on a Special Tour of Duty for Educational Purposes?
- For what Types of Work am I Eligible to Earn Overtime?
- When Do I get Overtime for Travel?
- What is the “Two-day Rule” on Per Diem?
- Supervisors' Responsibilities
- Employee-Selected Mode or Time of Travel
- Travel Between Time Zones
- Travel Within the Official Duty Station
- Determining Amount of Payable Travel Time
- Determining the Official Duty Station Limits
- Travel Outside the Official Duty Station Chart
- When is my Travel Considered Administratively Uncontrollable and Payable as Overtime?
- Chart Illustrating Premium Pay/CTOT Eligibility for Time Spent Traveling
Claiming a Home-to-Work Commute Chart
Section K - Computation of Overtime Pay
- As a GS Employee, How am I Paid Overtime?
- As a Prevailing Rate Employee, How am I Paid Overtime?
- Are There Limits on Premium Pay?
- Can I Earn Premium Pay for Training?
Section L - Pay for Night, Holiday, and Sunday Work (Prevailing Rate Employees)
- Does This Section Apply to Me?
- Night Shift Differential At a Glance
- Do I Get Night Differential for Paid Absences?
- Holiday Pay at a Glance
- Is Inauguration Day a Legal Holiday for Me?
- Am I Entitled to Holiday Premium Pay if the Location Where I Work Has a "Local" Holiday?”
- Sunday Pay at a Glance
- Can I Receive Sunday Premium Pay for Paid Absences?