§5926 Compensatory Time Off at Certain Posts in Foreign Areas

Summary

The head of an agency can give compensatory time off to an employee working in a foreign area if the employee asks, under rules made under this subchapter and regardless of subchapter V of chapter 55 or any other law. At an isolated post that must run continuously, the agency head may give time off equal to the amount of regularly scheduled overtime worked. At a post in a place with irregular hours or other special conditions, the agency head may give equal time off to deal with those conditions, but that time off must be used in the same pay period it is earned and cannot be used to get extra pay. Any compensatory time can only be used while the employee is assigned to the post where it was earned; unused time is lost if the employee is reassigned.