[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 699]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR550.121]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 550--PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Premium Pay
 
Sec. 550.121  Authorization of night pay differential.

    (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b) of this section, nightwork 
is regularly scheduled work performed by an employee between the hours 
of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Subject to Sec. 550.122, and except as otherwise 
provided in this subpart, an employee who performs nightwork is entitled 
to pay for that work at his or her rate of basic pay plus a night pay 
differential amounting to 10 percent of his or her rate of basic pay.
    (b) The head of a department may designate a time after 6 p.m. and a 
time before 6 a.m. as the beginning and end, respectively, of nightwork 
for the purpose of paragraph (a) of this section, at a post outside the 
United States where the customary hours of business extend into the 
hours of nightwork provided by paragraph (a) of this section. Times so 
designated as the beginning or end of nightwork shall correspond 
reasonably with the end or beginning, respectively, of the customary 
hours of business in the locality.
    (c) An employee is not entitled to night pay differential while 
engaged in training, except as provided in Sec. 410.402 of this chapter.

[33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 48 FR 3934, Jan. 28, 1983; 64 
FR 69175, Dec. 10, 1999]