[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR870.204]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 870_FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Types and Amount of Insurance
 
Sec. 870.204  Annual rates of pay.

    (a) (1) An insured employee's annual pay is his/her annual rate of 
basic pay as fixed by law or regulation.
    (2) Annual pay for this purpose includes the following:
    (i) Interim geographic adjustments and locality-based comparability 
payments as provided by Pub. L. 101-509 (104 Stat. 1479);
    (ii) Premium pay for standby duty under 5 U.S.C. 5545(c)(1);
    (iii) Premium pay for overtime inspectional service for customs 
officers as provided by Pub. L. 103-66 (107 Stat. 453);
    (iv) For a law enforcement officer as defined under 5 U.S.C. 
8331(20) and Sec. Sec. 831.902 and 842.802 of this title, premium pay 
for administratively uncontrollable overtime under 5 U.S.C. 5545(c)(2);

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    (v) Night differential pay for wage employees;
    (vi) Environmental differential pay for employees exposed to danger 
or physical hardship;
    (vii) Tropical differential pay for citizen employees in Panama;
    (viii) Special pay adjustments for law enforcement officers;
    (ix) Availability pay for criminal investigators under 5 U.S.C. 
5545a;
    (x) Bonuses for physicians and dentists of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs under Pub. L. 96-330 (94 Stat. 1030); and
    (xi) Straight-time pay for regular overtime hours for firefighters, 
as provided in 5 U.S.C. 5545b and part 550, subpart M, of this chapter.
    (b) To convert a pay rate of other than annual salary to an annual 
rate, multiply the pay rate by the number of pay units in a 52-week work 
year.
    (c) The annual pay for a part-time employee is his/her basic pay 
applied to his/her tour of duty in a 52-week work year.
    (d) The annual pay for an employee on piecework rates is the total 
basic earnings for the previous calendar year, not counting premium pay 
for overtime or holidays.
    (e) The annual pay for an employee with a regular schedule who works 
at different pay rates is the weighted average of the rates at which the 
employee is paid, projected to an annual basis.
    (f) The annual pay for a non-Postal intermittent employee or an 
employee who works at different pay rates without a regular schedule is 
the annual rate which he/she is receiving at the end of the pay period.
    (g) If an employee legally serves in more than 1 position at the 
same time, and at least 1 of those positions entitles him/her to life 
insurance coverage, the annual pay is the sum of the annual basic pay 
fixed by law or regulation for each position. Exception: this doesn't 
apply to part-time flexible schedule employees in the Postal Service.

[62 FR 48731, Sept. 17, 1997; 62 FR 52181, Oct. 6, 1997, as amended at 
63 FR 64595, Nov. 23, 1998]