Hazardous Duty Pay

• Where can I find the various hazardous duty pay and environmental differentials? View more
  Hazardous duty pay differentials are established under 5 CFR 550, appendix A to subpart I. You can find the Code of Federal Regulations on our web site at www.opm.gov/cfr/. Additional information about hazardous duty pay for GS employees can be found at www.opm.gov/oca/pay/html/hazduty.htm.

  Pay administration rules for environmental differentials are found in 5 CFR 532.511. Environmental differential pay categories are listed in appendix A to subpart E of 5 CFR part 532. Additional information about environmental differentials for prevailing rate employees can be found at www.opm.gov/oca/wage/APPFUND/.

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• Who can establish a hazard pay differential? View more
  Amendments to appendix A may be made by OPM on its own motion or at the request of an agency, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5102(a)(1). (See 5 CFR 550.903(b).) The request for a hazard pay differential must be made by the head of an agency or an official who has been delegated the authority to act for the head of the agency in the matter concerned.
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• May an employee receive hazardous duty pay during overtime hours? View more
  Yes, because an employee is in a pay status during overtime hours. However, the hazardous duty pay is computed on the employee's hourly rate of basic pay, not his or her hourly overtime rate. (5 CFR 550.905 and 5 U.S.C. 5545(d)(2))
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• May an employee be paid hazardous duty pay for a hazard or physical hardship encountered on the way to work? View more
  No. Hazardous duty pay is paid only for the hours in which the employee is in a pay status on the day on which the hazardous duty is performed. (5 CFR 550.905)
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• What does "Do." mean, as listed in the "Effective Date" column of appendix A? View more
  "Ditto."
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• What is considered hazardous duty or duty involving a physical hardship? View more
  Hazardous duty is duty performed under circumstances in which an accident could result in serious injury or death. Duty involving a physical hardship is duty that may not in itself be hazardous, but causes extreme physical discomfort or distress and is not adequately alleviated by protective or mechanical devices.
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• What is the maximum amount of hazardous duty pay an employee may receive? View more
  An employee may receive no more than 25 percent of his or her rate of basic pay. (5 U.S.C. 5545(d)(2))
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• Is hazardous duty pay included in the aggregate limitation on pay? View more
  Yes. Hazardous duty pay is included in the aggregate limitation on pay (5 U.S.C. 5307), which limits an employee's aggregate compensation to the rate payable for level I of the Executive Schedule at the end of a calendar year. (See the definition of "aggregate limitation" in 5 CFR 530.202)
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• Can an employee be paid hazardous duty pay for voluntarily performing a hazardous duty listed in appendix A? View more
  Hazardous duty pay may be paid only to employees who are assigned hazardous duties or duties involving physical hardship for which a differential is authorized. It may not be paid to an employee who undertakes to perform a hazardous duty on his or her own, without proper authorization, either expressed or implied. (5 CFR 550.904(a))
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• Can an employee be paid hazardous duty pay for performing a type of duty not listed under appendix A of 5 CFR part 550, subpart I? View more
  No. 5 U.S.C. 5545(d) requires the Office of Personnel Management to establish a schedule or schedules of hazard duty differentials and to prescribe regulations governing payment of the differentials. If a duty or type of work is not listed in appendix A, the employee cannot be paid a hazard duty differential.
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