[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: 5CFR550.106] [Page 493-494] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents Subpart A--Premium Pay Sec. 550.106 Annual maximum earnings limitation for work in connection with an emergency. (a) For any pay period in which the head of an agency, his or her designee, or the Office of Personnel Management on its own motion determines that an emergency exists, an employee shall be paid premium pay under the annual limitation described in paragraph (c) of this section, instead of under the biweekly limitation described in Sec. 550.105(a) if the employee has been determined by the head of the employing [[Page 494]] agency, or his or her designee, to be performing work in connection with the emergency. (b) The head of an agency, or his or her designee, shall make the determination under paragraph (a) of this section as soon as practicable after the emergency begins. Entitlement to premium pay under the annual limitation shall be effective on the first day of the pay period in which the emergency began. (c) In any calendar year during which an employee has been determined to be performing work in connection with an emergency, he or she shall be paid premium pay under this subpart to the extent that the payment does not cause the total of his or her basic pay and premium pay for the calendar year to exceed the maximum rate for GS-15 in effect on the last day of the calendar year, including-- (1) A locality-based comparability payment under 5 U.S.C. 5304; and (2) A special salary rate established under 5 U.S.C. 5305. (d) This section does not apply to-- (1) An employee of the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department of Defense who is paid premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546a; or (2) A law enforcement officer. [57 FR 31630, July 17, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 3201, Jan. 8, 1993; 59 FR 66332, Dec. 28, 1994; 61 FR 3542, Feb. 1, 1996; 61 FR 50535, Sept. 26, 1996; 61 FR 51319, Oct. 1, 1996]