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| Definition |
Sunday pay is a premium payment for all hours of
regularly scheduled non-overtime work
during a tour of duty when any part of
that tour occurs on a Sunday.
Note: "Hours of work" include
officially-approved travel and most
periods of training that occur during
the non-overtime tour of duty. (Rules
on paying premium pay for training are
found in
5 CFR 410.402.) |
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| Covered Employees |
Full-time General Schedule (GS) and
prevailing rate (wage) employees are
entitled to Sunday pay, subject to the
normal limitations on premium pay. Part-time,
intermittent, and seasonal employees are
not entitled to Sunday pay. |
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| Examples |
Example 1: If a regular 8-hour tour of
duty begins at 10 p.m. Sunday and ends
at 6 a.m. Monday, the employee is
entitled to 8 hours of Sunday pay.
Example 2: If a regular 8-hour tour of
duty begins at 6 p.m. Saturday and ends
at 2 a.m. Sunday, and is followed by a
tour that begins at 10 p.m. Sunday and
ends at 6 a.m. Monday, the employee is
entitled to 16 hours of Sunday pay.
Example 3: An employee on a compressed
work schedule with a regular nonovertime
Sunday tour of duty of 10 hours is
entitled to 10 hours of Sunday pay. |
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| Computation |
Sunday pay is 25 percent of the
employee's hourly rate of basic pay,
including any locality pay or special
pay adjustments for law enforcement
officers. |
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| Payment for Non-Work Periods |
Sunday pay is not paid for any paid periods of non-work, such as annual,
sick, military, and court leave,
holidays, excused absence, compensatory
time off, credit hours, time-off awards,
and continuation of pay.
| Caution: OPM's regulations do not yet
reflect this statutory provision. This ban on Sunday pay for periods
of non-work took effect on October 10,
1997 for employees paid from
appropriated funds, and on October 1, 1998
for employees not paid from appropriated
funds. Prior to these dates, Department
components were required to pay Sunday
premium pay for paid periods of non-work. |
Example: An employee on a regular 8-hour
Sunday tour of duty who takes four hours of annual
leave during the tour is entitled to 4
hours of Sunday pay.
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| References |
Statutes: 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) (General Schedule)
5 U.S.C. 5544(a) (wage)
Section 624, Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (contained in Public Law 105-277)
Regulations: 5 CFR 550.171 (General Schedule)
5 CFR 550.172 (General Schedule)
5 CFR 532.509 (wage)
Guidance: OPM Memorandum for Directors of Personnel CPM 98-5 , November 13, 1998
OPM Fact Sheet: Sunday Premium Pay |
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