§6128 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

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Hours that are part of a compressed work schedule are not counted under the usual overtime laws. If a full-time worker works more hours than their compressed schedule, those extra hours are overtime and paid under the normal overtime rules. A part-time worker on a similar compressed schedule starts getting overtime after the same number of hours that would trigger overtime for a full-time worker on that schedule. If a full-time worker on a compressed schedule works a shift that includes any Sunday, they get their regular pay plus a 25% premium for the whole shift (for non‑overtime hours). If they work on a federal holiday, they get regular pay plus a premium equal to their regular pay for hours up to their basic work requirement that day. Holiday hours beyond the basic requirement are paid as overtime under the usual rules, using whichever rule gives the worker the better pay.

Title 5, §6128

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(a)The provisions of section 5542(a) and 5544(a) of this title, section 7453(e) of title 38, section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 207), or any other law, which relate to premium pay for overtime work, shall not apply to the hours which constitute a compressed schedule.

(b)In the case of any full-time employee, hours worked in excess of the compressed schedule shall be overtime hours and shall be paid for as provided by the applicable provisions referred to in subsection (a) of this section. In the case of any part-time employee on a compressed schedule, overtime pay shall begin to be paid after the same number of hours of work after which a full-time employee on a similar schedule would begin to receive overtime pay.

(c)Notwithstanding section 5544(a) or 5546(a) of this title, or any other applicable provision of law, in the case of any full-time employee on a compressed schedule who performs work (other than overtime work) on a tour of duty for any workday a part of which is performed on a Sunday, such employee is entitled to pay for work performed during the entire tour of duty at the rate of such employee’s basic pay, plus premium pay at a rate equal to 25 percent of such basic pay rate.

(d)Notwithstanding section 5546(b) of this title, an employee on a compressed schedule who performs work on a holiday designated by Federal statute or Executive order is entitled to pay at the rate of such employee’s basic pay, plus premium pay at a rate equal to such basic pay rate, for such work which is not in excess of the basic work requirement of such employee for such day. For hours worked on such a holiday in excess of the basic work requirement for such day, the employee is entitled to premium pay in accordance with the provisions of section 5542(a) or 5544(a) of this title, as applicable, or the provisions of section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 207) whichever provisions are more beneficial to the employee.

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1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(44)(E)(i), substituted “5542(a) and 5544(a)” for “5542(a), 5544(a), and 5550(2)”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–378, § 2(44)(E)(ii), substituted “5544(a) or 5546(a)” for “5544(a), 5546(a), or 5550(1)”. 1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–40 substituted “section 7453(e)” for “section 4107(e)(5)”.

§6128 Compressed Schedules; Computation of Premium Pay

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Title 5, §6128

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