The DoD national security personnel system program office has posted two new fact sheets, one covering compensatory time off and holiday pay, and another offering covering the limitations that govern the amount of premium pay that employees receive under NSPS.
Upon supervisory approval, employees may work additional hours, either before of after a religious observance to cover the time they take off for it, according to DoD.
It said religious comp time hours that are worked do not create entitlement to premium or overtime pay. It also said employees traveling outside of regular work schedule are eligible for comp time off.
DoD said the NSPS bi-weekly cap on premium pay is the same as the general schedule in that both are the bi-weekly salary for GS-15, step 10, including locality pay.
Authorized managers may waive the bi-weekly limitation by applying the annual premium limitation if the employee is performing work in connection with an emergency or work that is otherwise critical to the agency’s mission, DoD said.
It said there is also a limit on the total compensation an employee may receive in a calendar year, which is equal to the executive level I salary, currently $191,300.
DoD also recently released an interactive tutorial to walk employees through the performance management and pay pool process.
The online course is designed to teach employees how the performance management and pay pool processes interact, covers activities occurring in the evaluation phases, and describes the roles that employees, rating officials and pay pool managers play.
