---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 550.131"
title: "5"
number: "550.131"
heading: "Authorization of pay for holiday work."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/550.131"
---

# §550.131. Authorization of pay for holiday work.

- (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, an employee who performs holiday work is entitled to pay at his or her rate of basic pay plus premium pay at a rate equal to his or her rate of basic pay for that holiday work that is not in excess of 8 hours.
- (b) An employee is entitled to pay for overtime work on a holiday at the same rate as for overtime work on other days.
- (c) An employee who is assigned to duty on a holiday is entitled to pay for at least 2 hours of holiday work.
- (d) An employee is not entitled to holiday premium pay while engaged in training, except as provided in [§ 410.402](/cfr/5/410.402.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5304 note, 5305 note, 5504(d), 5541(2)(iv), 5545a(h)(2)(B) and (i), 5547(b) and (c), 5548, and 6101(c); sections 407 and 2316, Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-101 and 2681-828 (5 U.S.C. 5545a); section 2(h), Pub. L. 113-277, 128 Stat. 3005; E.O. 12748, 3 CFR, 1992 Comp., p. 316.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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