[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: 5CFR550.1307]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart M--Firefighter Pay
 
Sec. 550.1307  Authority to regularize paychecks.

    Upon a written request from the head of an agency (or designee), the 
Office of Personnel Management may approve an agency's plan to reduce or 
eliminate variation in the amount of firefighters' biweekly paychecks 
caused by work scheduling cycles that result in varying hours in the 
firefighters' tours of duty from pay period to pay period. Such a plan 
must provide that the total pay any firefighter would otherwise receive 
for regular tours of duty over the firefighter's entire work

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scheduling cycle must, to the extent practicable, remain the same.