CFR Subpart E

CFR Subpart E
in effect

5 C.F.R. § 550.501 Scope.

(a) Applicability. (1) This subpart and section 5533 of title 5, United States Code, apply in determining an employee's entitlement to receive pay from more than one position. (2) This subpart and section 5533(a) of title 5, United States Code, apply only to an employee holding more than one position when the aggregate number of hours worked during a week exceeds 40. (b) Coverage. This subpart and section 5533(a) of title 5, United States Code, apply to each department and agency (including each corporation owned or controlled by the Government of the United States and including nonappropriated fund instrumentalities under the jurisdiction of the armed forces) in the legislative (except as provided in section 5533(c) of that title), judicial, and executive branches of the Government of the United States and to the government of the District of Columbia.

5 C.F.R. § 550.502 Definitions.

In this subpart: Employee means a person holding a position. Pay means pay paid for services in a position but excludes fees paid on other than a time basis. Position has the meaning given that term by section 5531 of title 5, United States Code. Week means the period of 7 calendar days from Sunday through Saturday.

5 C.F.R. § 550.503 Exceptions in emergencies.

Section 5533(a) of title 5, United States Code, does not apply to pay from a position for services performed under emergency conditions relating to health, safety, protection of life or property, or national emergency.

5 C.F.R. § 550.504 Other exceptions.

(a) When a department, agency, or the government of the District of Columbia encounters difficulty in obtaining employees to perform required personal services because of section 5533(a) of title 5, United States Code, it may make an exception from that section upon determining that the required services cannot be readily obtained otherwise. The exception shall specify the position(s) to which it applies. (b) The Office of Personnel Management will publish exceptions of general application.

5 C.F.R. § 550.505 Report to OPM.

OPM may require a department, agency, or the government of the District of Columbia to submit a periodic report on its use of the exceptions from section 5533(a) of title 5, United States Code.

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