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Crediting and Use. Compensatory time off for travel is credited and used in increments of one-tenth of an hour (6 minutes) or one-quarter of an hour (15 minutes). Employees must comply with their agency's procedures for requesting credit within the time period required by the agency. Employees must also comply with their agency's policies and ...
Compensatory Time Off for Travel
A. No. Compensatory time off for travel may be used by an employee when the employee is granted time off from his or her scheduled tour of duty established for leave purposes. (See 5 CFR 550.1406 (b).) Also see the definition of "scheduled tour of duty for leave purposes" in 5 CFR 550.1403. Employees who are on intermittent work schedules are ...
Compensatory Time Off for Travel
In this example, the employee's compensatory time off for travel entitlement is as follows: Total travel time: 13.5 hours. minus. Travel time within regular working hours: 5.5 hours. Travel to/from airport within limits of official duty station: 2 hours. Compensatory time off for travel: 6 hours.
PDF Tools for Determining Compensatory Time Off for Travel
One individual recommended compensatory time off for travel should be redeemable at the rate of 1.5 times the number of hours spent traveling. No legal authority exists to permit an employee to be absent from his or her scheduled tour of duty on the basis of 1.5 hours for each hour of creditable travel time.
Overtime, Comp Time, and Credit Hours
Step 1 - Submit a time request in HRLinks. You need to enter your overtime, comp time, or credit hours into HRLinks. To determine the maximum number of comp time hours that you can accrue per pay period, please use the , external,TTS-only, Bi-weekly Comp Time Cap Calculator. Your supervisor will be notified to approve the hours requested.
3 Fam 3170 Compensatory Time Off for Travel
The Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-411, Section 203, October 30, 2004) established a new form of non-monetary compensatory time off for time spent by an employee in a travel status when such time is not otherwise compensable (i.e., when the travel is not during regular duty hours or otherwise considered hours of work).
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It is DCMA policy that: 1.1.1. Employees will receive compensatory time off for travel time in a travel status if the employee is required to travel away from the official duty station and the travel time is not otherwise compensable hours of work under other legal authority. 1.1.2.
Travel time as hours of work
Two-day per diem rule. An employee may be required to travel on his or her own time if in order to allow the employee to travel during working hours, the agency would be required to pay two days or more per diem. However, the two-day per diem rule does not of itself support an entitlement to overtime compensation for the employee.
Special compensatory time off for travel
Coverage. An employee as defined in Title 5 U.S.C. 5541 (2), who is employed in an "Executive Agency," as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105, ) is entitled to earn and use compensatory time off for travel regardless of whether the employee is exempt or non-exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Coverage includes employees in Senior Level (SL ...
Travel Time
Time spent traveling during normal work hours is considered compensable work time. Time spent in home-to-work travel by an employee in an employer-provided vehicle, or in activities performed by an employee that are incidental to the use of the vehicle for commuting, generally is not "hours worked" and, therefore, does not have to be paid. This provision applies only if the travel is within ...
PDF Questions and Answers on Compensatory Time Off for Travel
A. For the purpose of earning compensatory time off for travel, bona fide meal periods are not considered time in a travel status. For example, if an employee spends an uninterrupted hour eating a meal at an airport restaurant while waiting for a connecting flight, that hour is not considered time in a travel status. Q9.
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An employee's request for credit of compensatory time off for travel may be denied if the request is not filed within this time period. Travel compensatory hours will be identified on the employee's time card under "Travel Comp Time Earned" (CB) or "Travel Comp Time Taken" (CF) and the employee must provide a copy of
Federal Employees
Travel That is Hours of Work Under the FLSA. For FLSA-covered employees, time spent traveling is hours of work if-. an employee is required to travel as a passenger on an overnight assignment away from the official duty station during hours on nonworkdays that correspond to the employee's regular working hours. (See 5 CFR 551.422 (a).)
Comp Time Off for Federal Employees
Compensatory time, or comp time, is time off with pay in lieu of overtime pay for irregular or occasional overtime work, or when permitted under agency flexible work schedule programs. For example ...
Overtime Compensation FAQs
A DOE conference includes an evening reception on the first evening that begins after the employee's normal work schedule for the day. Is the time at the reception considered duty time and subject to overtime when the employee traveled during normal duty. A DOE conference includes an awards ceremony dinner following a full day of seminars.
29 CFR § 553.22
(a) Compensatory time and compensatory time off are interchangeable terms under the FLSA. Compensatory time off is paid time off the job which is earned and accrued by an employee in lieu of immediate cash payment for employment in excess of the statutory hours for which overtime compensation is required by section 7 of the FLSA. (b) The Act requires that compensatory time under section 7(o ...
Federal Employees' Compensation Act
The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) provides that a claim for compensation must be filed within 3 years of the date of injury. For a traumatic injury, the statutory time limitation begins to run from the date of injury. For a latent condition, it begins to run when an injured employee with a compensable disability becomes aware, or ...
What is compensatory time off for travel?
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Under the FLSA, when must nonexempt employees be paid for travel time?
Generally, the employer is required to pay her only from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.; however, if Meg works on a presentation during her flight until 6:30 p.m., her employer would need to pay her from 3 p.m ...
Special compensatory time off for travel
Coverage. An employee as defined in Title 5 U.S.C. 5541 (2), who is employed in an "Executive Agency," as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105, ) is entitled to earn and use compensatory time off for travel regardless of whether the employee is exempt or non-exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Coverage includes employees in Senior Level (SL ...
Fact Sheet #22: Hours Worked Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
This fact sheet provides general information concerning what constitutes compensable time under the FLSA.The Act requires that employees must receive at least the minimum wage and may not be employed for more than 40 hours in a week without receiving at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay for the overtime hours. The amount employees should receive cannot be determined ...
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Compensatory Time Off
As provided by 5 CFR 551.531 (d), the employee must be paid for the 16 hours of unused compensatory time off at the overtime rate in effect when earned. The employee is entitled to receive payment for the compensatory time off even if the employing agency's policy under 5 CFR 550.114 (d) is to require forfeiture of compensatory time off earned ...
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applicable federal and state laws. 4. Short-Term Disability. Employees should contact the Office of Group Insurance for information about short-term disability benefits. 5. Donated Leave. Employees are not eligible to receive donated leave while they are receiving paid parental leavebut are eligible if parental paid leaveis exhausted or not
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Are employees entitled to holiday premium pay for the time they spend
Employees generally are not entitled to holiday premium pay for the time they spend in work-related travel during holiday hours of their tours of duty, unless it meets one of the travel conditions listed below.Holiday premium pay is paid only to employees who perform work on a holiday. (See 5 U.S.C. 5546(b).) The Comptroller General has ruled that the criteria in 5 U.S.C. 5542(b)(2) must be ...
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Crediting and Use. Compensatory time off for travel is credited and used in increments of one-tenth of an hour (6 minutes) or one-quarter of an hour (15 minutes). Employees must comply with their agency's procedures for requesting credit within the time period required by the agency. Employees must also comply with their agency's policies and ...
A. No. Compensatory time off for travel may be used by an employee when the employee is granted time off from his or her scheduled tour of duty established for leave purposes. (See 5 CFR 550.1406 (b).) Also see the definition of "scheduled tour of duty for leave purposes" in 5 CFR 550.1403. Employees who are on intermittent work schedules are ...
In this example, the employee's compensatory time off for travel entitlement is as follows: Total travel time: 13.5 hours. minus. Travel time within regular working hours: 5.5 hours. Travel to/from airport within limits of official duty station: 2 hours. Compensatory time off for travel: 6 hours.
One individual recommended compensatory time off for travel should be redeemable at the rate of 1.5 times the number of hours spent traveling. No legal authority exists to permit an employee to be absent from his or her scheduled tour of duty on the basis of 1.5 hours for each hour of creditable travel time.
Step 1 - Submit a time request in HRLinks. You need to enter your overtime, comp time, or credit hours into HRLinks. To determine the maximum number of comp time hours that you can accrue per pay period, please use the , external,TTS-only, Bi-weekly Comp Time Cap Calculator. Your supervisor will be notified to approve the hours requested.
The Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-411, Section 203, October 30, 2004) established a new form of non-monetary compensatory time off for time spent by an employee in a travel status when such time is not otherwise compensable (i.e., when the travel is not during regular duty hours or otherwise considered hours of work).
It is DCMA policy that: 1.1.1. Employees will receive compensatory time off for travel time in a travel status if the employee is required to travel away from the official duty station and the travel time is not otherwise compensable hours of work under other legal authority. 1.1.2.
Two-day per diem rule. An employee may be required to travel on his or her own time if in order to allow the employee to travel during working hours, the agency would be required to pay two days or more per diem. However, the two-day per diem rule does not of itself support an entitlement to overtime compensation for the employee.
Coverage. An employee as defined in Title 5 U.S.C. 5541 (2), who is employed in an "Executive Agency," as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105, ) is entitled to earn and use compensatory time off for travel regardless of whether the employee is exempt or non-exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Coverage includes employees in Senior Level (SL ...
Time spent traveling during normal work hours is considered compensable work time. Time spent in home-to-work travel by an employee in an employer-provided vehicle, or in activities performed by an employee that are incidental to the use of the vehicle for commuting, generally is not "hours worked" and, therefore, does not have to be paid. This provision applies only if the travel is within ...
A. For the purpose of earning compensatory time off for travel, bona fide meal periods are not considered time in a travel status. For example, if an employee spends an uninterrupted hour eating a meal at an airport restaurant while waiting for a connecting flight, that hour is not considered time in a travel status. Q9.
An employee's request for credit of compensatory time off for travel may be denied if the request is not filed within this time period. Travel compensatory hours will be identified on the employee's time card under "Travel Comp Time Earned" (CB) or "Travel Comp Time Taken" (CF) and the employee must provide a copy of
Travel That is Hours of Work Under the FLSA. For FLSA-covered employees, time spent traveling is hours of work if-. an employee is required to travel as a passenger on an overnight assignment away from the official duty station during hours on nonworkdays that correspond to the employee's regular working hours. (See 5 CFR 551.422 (a).)
Compensatory time, or comp time, is time off with pay in lieu of overtime pay for irregular or occasional overtime work, or when permitted under agency flexible work schedule programs. For example ...
A DOE conference includes an evening reception on the first evening that begins after the employee's normal work schedule for the day. Is the time at the reception considered duty time and subject to overtime when the employee traveled during normal duty. A DOE conference includes an awards ceremony dinner following a full day of seminars.
(a) Compensatory time and compensatory time off are interchangeable terms under the FLSA. Compensatory time off is paid time off the job which is earned and accrued by an employee in lieu of immediate cash payment for employment in excess of the statutory hours for which overtime compensation is required by section 7 of the FLSA. (b) The Act requires that compensatory time under section 7(o ...
The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) provides that a claim for compensation must be filed within 3 years of the date of injury. For a traumatic injury, the statutory time limitation begins to run from the date of injury. For a latent condition, it begins to run when an injured employee with a compensable disability becomes aware, or ...
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Generally, the employer is required to pay her only from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.; however, if Meg works on a presentation during her flight until 6:30 p.m., her employer would need to pay her from 3 p.m ...
Coverage. An employee as defined in Title 5 U.S.C. 5541 (2), who is employed in an "Executive Agency," as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105, ) is entitled to earn and use compensatory time off for travel regardless of whether the employee is exempt or non-exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Coverage includes employees in Senior Level (SL ...
This fact sheet provides general information concerning what constitutes compensable time under the FLSA.The Act requires that employees must receive at least the minimum wage and may not be employed for more than 40 hours in a week without receiving at least one and one-half times their regular rates of pay for the overtime hours. The amount employees should receive cannot be determined ...
In this high level workshop, prospective entrepreneurs and small business owners will learn to navigate the complex distinctions between independent contractors and employees. Attendees will gain insights into the legal and financial implications of worker classification and learn best practices for compliance with employment laws. Topics Covered: 1.
As provided by 5 CFR 551.531 (d), the employee must be paid for the 16 hours of unused compensatory time off at the overtime rate in effect when earned. The employee is entitled to receive payment for the compensatory time off even if the employing agency's policy under 5 CFR 550.114 (d) is to require forfeiture of compensatory time off earned ...
applicable federal and state laws. 4. Short-Term Disability. Employees should contact the Office of Group Insurance for information about short-term disability benefits. 5. Donated Leave. Employees are not eligible to receive donated leave while they are receiving paid parental leavebut are eligible if parental paid leaveis exhausted or not
Now, many employees both at the public and private level enjoy the day off from work. Others use it as a day of public service to volunteer in the community or advocate for issues affecting the ...
Employees generally are not entitled to holiday premium pay for the time they spend in work-related travel during holiday hours of their tours of duty, unless it meets one of the travel conditions listed below.Holiday premium pay is paid only to employees who perform work on a holiday. (See 5 U.S.C. 5546(b).) The Comptroller General has ruled that the criteria in 5 U.S.C. 5542(b)(2) must be ...