Federal Wage System (WG): Night shift differential pay for WG employees is authorized at a rate of 7 1/2% over the basic pay rate when a majority of the hours of the shift worked fall between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and midnight (second shift), and a rate of 10% when a majority of the hours of the shift worked fall between 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. (third shift). The majority of hours must be in whole numbers. In an eight-hour shift, it takes five hours to constitute a majority of hours. Night shift differential is payable for holidays and during periods of leave with pay if the employee would have worked a night shift had the employee been present for duty.
| REF: n 5 CFR Parts 532 n 5 CFR Parts 550 |
