§ 550.1403 Definitions

5 CFR 550.1403In this subpart:

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Accrued compensatory time off")Accrued compensatory time off means the compensatory time off earned by an employee that has not been used or forfeited.

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Agency")Agency means an Executive agency as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105.

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Authorized agency official")Authorized agency official means the head of the agency or an official who is authorized to act for the head of the agency in the matter concerned.

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Compensable")Compensable refers to periods of time that are creditable as hours of work for the purpose of determining a specific pay entitlement, even when that work time may not actually generate additional compensation because of applicable pay limitations.

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Compensatory time off")Compensatory time off means compensatory time off for travel that is credited under the authority of this subpart.

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Official duty station")Official duty station means the geographic area surrounding an employee's regular work site that is the same as the area designated by the employing agency for the purpose of determining whether travel time is compensable for the purpose of determining overtime pay, consistent with the regulations in 5 CFR 550.112(j) and 551.422(d).

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Regular working hours")Regular working hours means the days and hours of an employee's regularly scheduled administrative workweek established under 5 CFR part 610.

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Scheduled tour of duty for leave purposes")Scheduled tour of duty for leave purposes means an employee's regular hours for which he or she may be charged leave under 5 CFR part 630 when absent. For full-time employees, it is the 40-hour basic workweek as defined in 5 CFR 610.102. For employees with an uncommon tour of duty as defined in 5 CFR 630.201, it is the uncommon tour of duty.

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Travel")Travel means officially authorized travel—i.e., travel for work purposes that is approved by an authorized agency official or otherwise authorized under established agency policies. Time spent traveling in connection with union activities is excluded.

5 CFR 550.1403 (definition of "Travel status")Travel status means travel time as described in § 550.1404 that is creditable in accruing compensatory time off for travel under this subpart, excluding travel time that is otherwise compensable under other legal authority.