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Yes. Hazardous duty pay is included in the aggregate limitation on pay (5 U.S.C. 5307), which limits an employee's aggregate compensation to the rate payable for level I of the...
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No. Hazardous duty pay may only be paid while an employee is in a pay status. (5 CFR 550.905)
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Yes. By law (5 U.S.C. 5362(c)), the retained grade of an employee must be treated as the grade of the employee's position for all purposes, including pay setting and pay...
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OPM typically asks agencies to submit the following information with amendment requests, as applicable:
a detailed description of the hazardous duty or physical hardship (i.e., explain what...
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OPM has denied requests for new hazardous duty pay categories when--
the duties would involve remote or potential hazards rather than present or actual hazards--i.e., when the...
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Yes. Each department or agency has discretion to excuse employees from their duties without loss of pay or charge to leave. If all or part of an installation is closed...
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Hazardous duty pay is additional pay for the performance of hazardous duty or duty involving physical hardship. Hazardous duty pay is payable to General Schedule (GS) employees covered by chapter...
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Hazardous duty is duty performed under circumstances in which an accident could result in serious injury or death. Duty involving a physical hardship is duty that may not in itself...
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Hazardous duty pay differentials are established under 5 CFR 550, appendix A to subpart I. You can find the Code of Federal Regulations on our web site at www.opm.gov/cfr/. Additional...
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No. There is no authority to pay hazardous duty pay or environmental differential pay for potential exposure to anthrax. To pay hazardous duty pay or environmental differential pay, a local...
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