5 CFR § 550.171 - Authorization of pay for Sunday work.

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title: "5 CFR § 550.171 - Authorization of pay for Sunday work."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "550.171"
section_name: "Authorization of pay for Sunday work."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "550"
part_name: "PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)"
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# 550.171 Authorization of pay for Sunday work.

(a) An employee is entitled to pay at his or her rate of basic pay plus premium pay at a rate equal to 25 percent of his or her rate of basic pay for each hour of Sunday work (as defined in § 550.103).

(b) An employee is not entitled to Sunday premium pay while engaged in training, except as provided in § 410.402 of this chapter.

[60 FR 33098, June 27, 1995, as amended at 60 FR 67287, Dec. 29, 1995; 64 FR 69175, Dec. 10, 1999; 72 FR 12036, Mar. 15, 2007; 76 FR 52539, Aug. 23, 2011]