[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.154]

[Page 504]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Premium Pay
 
Sec. 550.154  Rates of premium pay payable under Sec. 550.151.

    (a) An agency may pay the premium pay on an annual basis referred to 
in Sec. 550.151 to an employee who meets the requirements of that 
section, at one of the following percentages of the employee's rate of 
basic pay (as defined in Sec. 550.103):
    (1) A position which requires an average of at least 3 but not more 
than 5 hours a week of irregular or occasional overtime work--10 
percent;
    (2) A position which requires an average of over five but not more 
than 7 hours a week of irregular or occasional overtime work--15 
percent;
    (3) A position which requires an average of over seven but not more 
than 9 hours a week or irregular or occasional overtime work--20 
percent;
    (4) A position which requires an average of over 9 hours a week of 
irregular or occasional overtime work--25 percent.
    (b) If an agency proposes to pay an employee premium pay on an 
annual basis under Sec. 550.151 but unusual conditions seem to make the 
applicable rate in paragraph (a) of this section unsuitable, the agency 
may propose a rate of premium pay on an annual basis for OPM approval. 
The proposal shall include full information bearing on the frequency and 
duration of the irregular or occasional overtime work required; the 
nature of the work which prevents hours of duty from being controlled 
administratively; the necessity for the employee being generally 
responsible for recognizing, without supervision, circumstances which 
require him to remain on duty; and any other pertinent conditions.

[33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 35 FR 6311, Apr. 18, 1970; 55 
FR 41178, Oct. 10, 1990; 57 FR 2435, Jan. 22, 1992; 61 FR 3543, Feb. 1, 
1996]

   General Rules Governing Payments of Premium Pay on an Annual Basis