5 CFR 531.611
§ 531.611 Miscellaneous provisions.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 531.611, § 531.611 Miscellaneous provisions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/6540
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(a) A locality rate may be paid only for those hours for which an employee is in a pay status.
(b) Payment of, or an increase in, a locality rate is not an equivalent increase in pay within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 5335. (See § 531.407(c).)
(c) A locality rate is included in an employee's total remuneration, as defined in 5 CFR 551.511(b), and straight time rate of pay, as defined in 5 CFR 551.512(b), for the purpose of overtime pay computations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.
(d) Consistent with § 531.610, a reduction or termination of a locality rate under § 531.609 is not an adverse action for the purpose of 5 CFR part 752, subpart D, or an action under 5 CFR 930.211.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.