The agencys compensatory time off for travel policy allows up to 90 minutes of creditable waiting time at a transportation terminal. Questions and answers on issues that supplement the final regulations on compensatory time for travel issued by the office of personnel management. Executive consultant a person who has sold three 3 ibo independent business owner packages. Only the actual hours worked beyond the regular duty time either overtime, regular time hours, comp time can be claimed for fema category a and b emergency work. If time and onehalf or double time is paid to regular hourly employees for overtime or. This flow chart is applicable to most travel situations.
Bronze consultant a person who has sold six 6 ibo packages. You can only have one compensatory travel rate record per pay period. This service calculates the total traveling time for a round trip or a multicity trip up to 8 cities between cities or locations available in our world clock, as well as display the local time for the selected cities, time zone information, and a map showing the path of the journey. Ads mandatory reference 472mad new compensatory time. Total travel time minus travel time within regular working hours travel tofrom airport within limits of official duty station bona fide meal period extended waiting time unusual waiting time during which employee was free to use the time for his or herown purposes.
Compensatory time off for travel is earned by an employee for time spent in a travel status away from the employees official duty station when. Compensatory time, or comp time, is an arrangement by which eligible employees are entitled to time off in lieu of overtime pay. It is important to note that this is the beta release of. Comp time hours are calculated at time and a half, the same as overtime, but instead of the employee receiving pay, a bank of hours is established for the employee to use as paid time off at a later date. To earn compensatory time off for travel, the hours spent traveling must be outside the employees regular working hours and not considered hours of work. Any time spent at a temporary duty station between arrival and departure cannot be credited as time in a travel status for the purpose of earning compensatory time off. Employees may claim comp time for travel for normal waiting time that occurs while traveling i.
Employees must request permission from their supervisors to schedule the use of accrued comp time for travel in accordance with agency policies and procedures. For flsa employees totravel outside of the official duty station. Fill free fillable worksheet for calculating compensatory time off. Compensatory time, referred to as comp time, is paid time off given to an employee instead of overtime pay. Employees must request permission from their supervisor via form opm71, request for leave or approved absence to schedule the use of accrued compensatory time off for travel. Time in travel status activities generally include driving to and from a destination e. Conversion comp this is any comp time earned prior to 7117 that carried over from the old system adverse weather comp mandatory employees who work during adverse weather earn hour for hour adverse weather comp time. The proponent of this instruction is the assistant secretary for health ash. Employees must use accrued compensatory time off for travel in increments of onetenth of an hour 6 minutes or onequarter of an hour 15 minutes. It can never be paid out and must be used within 12 months of earning it or it forfeits. An overview of compensatory time the balance careers. This pertains to travel outside of regular work hours only. Approved computergenerated forms office of the chief. Compensatory time off for official travel, with a copy of the approved itinerary received for authorized travel to request compensatory time for travel.
Evolution enterprises offers several ways to generate. Request, authorization and report of overtime for use of this form, see imcom reg 690610. Its a comp travel day there is a specific time code specifically for comp travel hours for the first day for the extent of how long it takes to get from point a to point b. Enter the dates and local time each activity was taken. Refer to appendix b4 for more information on compensatory time for travel. Any attorney general opinions cited in this material are available on request from. Worksheet for calculating compensatory time off for travel form. Compensatory time off for travel is earned by an employee for time spent in a travel status away from the employees official duty station when such time is not. When provisions of a negotiated labor management agreement differ from the procedures in this policy, the agreement takes precedence for those employees covered by it.
Once upon a time they wouldnt give you travel time if it was on a holiday because apparently we like to spend our vacation going to work. Compensatory time for travel nih office of technology. In addition, a sample worksheet is attached to assist travelers in determining and documenting their travel time that. Appendix to enclosure 2 request for compensatory time for travel request for compensatory time for travel please read the instructions on the back of this worksheet before completing. The only current official copy of this publication is located at.
Comp time that is earned but not used within 26 pay periods shall be paid at the overtime rate at. Compensation for travel time pdf, 107kb this file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Eligible va employees may earn compensatory time off for travel for time spent in a travel status away from the employees official duty station when the travel time is not otherwise compensable as hours of work. Compensatory time off for travel is a new form of compensatory time off that may be earned by an employee for time spent in a travel status away from the employees official duty station when such time is not otherwise compensable.
Supplemental guidance regarding compensatory time off for. Guidance and explanation of compensatory time for travel. Fact sheetfederal holidays work schedules and pay opm. Q7 it may be requested on an electronic sf71 use comp timetravel or by checking the block for compensatory time off on opf form 71 and annotating in the remarks section for travel. Questions and answers on compensatory time off for travel. Compensatory time off for travel may be used when the employee is granted time off from his or her scheduled tour of duty established for leave purposes.
Line 1 tdy hotelwork site to transportation terminal1 line 2. Employees should use previously earned compensatory time before using accrued annual leave. Time spent in a travel status outside the employees regular tour of duty. Anything exceeding 2 hours must be recording as unusual wait time. When travel involves two or more time zones, the time zone from the point of first departure for the workday shall be listed for each entry. What you may not know, is that in most situations, the practice is illegal, if you are working for a private, nongovernment employer, and you are a nonexempt employee who is otherwise eligible for overtime pay. Compensatory time for travel in 2005, a regulation was established to allow employees on official travel to earn compensatory time for travel. Compensatory time off for travel is earned by an employee for time spent in a travel status away from the employees official duty station when such time is not otherwise compensable. The principles which apply in determining whether time spent in travel is compensable time depends upon the kind of travel involved. Compensatory time off for travel may be earned by an employee as defined in 5 u. Employees must use accrued compensatory time for travel in increments of one. Holiday comp this is comp time earned when an employee works on a university.
Employees may receive compensatory time only for those hours spent in travel status, which is defined as time actually spent traveling between the official duty. Pdf va child care subsidy program benefit payment request form. This time zone will be used to determine whether travel was performed. The time and attendance system webta, the nonreceipt of salary checks and allotments.
It appears your web browser is not configured to display pdf files. Travel tofrom airport within limits of official duty station if applicable. Did the travel take place during your normal tour of duty hours on the nonworkday. For example, certain travel time may be creditable as hours of work under the overtime pay provisions in 5 cfr 550. Compensatory time off for travel is not allowed when the employees travel is for the purposes of attending training, which would include conferences.
Compensatory time travel used example 9 in pay period 04 of 2009, the employee used 1 hour of compensatory time travel. Amount 1 hour of compensatory time off is granted for each hour of overtime work. Premium pay, leave and tours of duty policy, waivers of salary overpayments, the leave transfer program. Consultant a person who enrolls with evolution travel. Scheduling and using accrued compensatory time off for travel. Download adobe acrobat or click here to download the pdf file. If overtime is approved, indicate how you want to be compensated. The comp time must be taken during the same pay period that the extra hours were worked.
Compensatory time off for travel may be used when the employee is granted time off for other leave purposes. Questions and answers on compensatory time off for travel q1. Compensatory time comp time policy benefits, employee. After working overtime or comp time, record the actual time in and out, and the actual number of hours worked each day to the nearest quarter hour. Rather than paying employees time and a half in overtime pay, a company that operates a comp time policy gives paid time off from work, for the amount of. Earned compensatory time off for travel must be charged on a firstin, firstout chronological basis. An employee must be permitted to use compensatory time on the date requested unless doing so would unduly disrupt the. The travel time is coded as new compensatory time for travel earned tc 32, prefix 78 no no was the travel part of your 40 hour regular time workweek. Submit this worksheet to your supervisor with your travel itinerary and travel voucher within 10 workdays after returning to the official duty station. A meal period must be deducted from travel time if you are in comp time for travel status for 6 hours or more. Travel time outside of regular working hours between an employees home and a tdy.
An employee who travels from home before the regular workday and returns to hisher home at the end of the workday is engaged in ordinary home to work travel, which is not work time. Comp time refers to the practice of allowing an employee to take extra time off from work after a long week, instead of overtime pay. In other words, if mary works 10 hours of overtime, she is entitled to 15 hours of compensatory time off. Evolution enterprises offers several ways to generate parttime, fulltime or bigtime income. Comp time must be given at a rate of time and half. Compensation of time in a travel status ctt was limited to the circumstances enumerated in 5.
How will exceptions to the 26 pay periods be handled for exigencies. Compensatory time off for travel is a new form of compensatory time off that may be earned by an employee for time spent in a travel status away. Compensatory time off to an employees credit as of may 14, 2007. As a general rule, compensatory time for travel is earned by an employee for time spent in a travel status away. Time spent traveling between the official duty station and a temporary duty station i. The time and attendance guide contains controlled unclassified information from the department of the interior, national business center nbc, payroll operations division, and is intended for the sole use of its clients. Compensatory time off to an employees credit as of may 14, 2007 see 5 cfr 550. Time and attendance guide united states department of. From arrival at airport to arrival at hotel drive between temporary duty stations.
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