Overtime Work

As a general rule, overtime work means each hour of work in excess of eight (8) hours in a day or in excess of forty (40) hours in an administrative work week that is officially ordered and approved by management and is performed by an employee. It is work that is not part of an employee's regularly scheduled administrative work week and for which an employee may be compensated. Employees who are nonexempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) who are suffered and permitted to work overtime are entitled to overtime compensation.

Those employees who are nonexempt under the FLSA and employees under the Federal Wage System (WG & WS) must receive overtime pay for irregular or occasional overtime work, unless they request compensatory time off in lieu of payment.

Exempt employees paid at the rate of GS-10 step 10, and below, who work overtime may choose to receive either overtime compensation or compensatory time. Those paid at a rate that exceeds the rate of GS-10 step 10 may receive overtime compensation or compensatory time off; however, management makes the determination to pay overtime or give compensatory time off.

Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (AUO) is an increment of up to 25% of basic pay paid on an annual basis for substantial amounts of overtime work that cannot be controlled administratively and that are required on an irregular basis. Most overtime situations are within management's control; therefore, AUO situations will be very rare.

REF:
n Title 5 USC Ch 55
n 5 CFR Parts 532
n 5 CFR Parts 550
n 5 CFR Parts 551

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Revised: 11/18/98
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