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Comp-Time for Travel Who is Not Eligible?. Senior Executive Service Intermittents. Employee Entitlement Supervisor Approves on T&A No Limitation on Hours Earned Recorded Within 6 Pay Periods* Forfeited After 26 Pay Periods Can Never be Cashed In . Basic Facts. Employee’s Schedule
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Comp-Time for TravelWho is Not Eligible? Senior Executive Service Intermittents
Employee Entitlement • Supervisor Approves on T&A • No Limitation on Hours Earned • Recorded Within 6 Pay Periods* • Forfeited After 26 Pay Periods • Can Never be Cashed In Basic Facts
Employee’s Schedule • During Regular Work Hours • Traveling/Waiting Times • Commuting Time • Time Zones-Departure/Return • Constructed Travel Times • Holiday Hours • Bonifide Meal Times • FLSA Exempt or Non Exempt • Overtime/Regular Comp-Time Comp-Travel Questions
On the Tarmac • Union Business • Permanent Change in Duty Station • Commuting During a Multiple Day Travel Assignment • Extension of 26 Pay Period Limit • OWCP • Military Other
Time spent in transit outside normal work schedule shall be considered hours of work when: [During regular working hours. (= regular time)] • Work is performed while in transit. (i.e. driving loaded truck) • It is the return trip from transporting items. (i.e. driving empty truck back to point of origin) • Transit is under arduous and unusual conditions. (i.e. rough terrain, extremely severe weather) • If results from an urgent event which could not be scheduled or controlled administratively. (i.e. job-related court appearance required by subpoena) Travel, Exempt Employee
Time spent in transit outside normal work schedule shall be considered hours of workwhen: [During regular working hours. (= regular time)] • Required to drive a vehicle. (i.e. drive Gov’t vehicle to meeting) 2. A passenger on a one-day assignment. (travel to temp duty station) 3. A passenger on an overnight assignment during hours on non-workdays that correspond to the employee(s) regular working hours. (i.e. 8 – 4:30 on a Saturday or Sunday) Travel, Non-Exempt Employee
Example # 1: Please calculate employee’s comp time for travel On a workday, an FLSA Exempt employee is required to travel from home to a temporary duty station for an afternoon meeting. The employee’s regular working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The airport is within the limits of the official duty station. Travel to business meeting, domestic flight. From business meeting to home.
COMP TIME FOR TRAVEL EXERCISES Example # 2: Please calculate employee’s comp time for travel An FLSA exempt employee is required to travel to a temporary duty station for a week-long conference. The employee’s regular working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Because the conference begins early Monday morning, the employee travels to a hotel at the temporary duty station the Sunday evening before the conference. The conference is schedule to continue into the evening on Friday, so the employee returns home on Saturday morning. Airport is within duty station limits. Travel from home to a hotel on a Sunday, domestic flight. Travel from a hotel to home on the following Saturday.
COMP TIME FOR TRAVEL EXERCISES Example # 3: Please calculate employee’s comp time for travel An FLSA exempt employee is required to travel to a temporary duty station on a workday for a 1-day training session. The training location is a 2-hour drive from the employee's home. The employee’s normal daily commuting time is 2 hours (1 hour each way). The employee's regular working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Travel to and from a training session