{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-530.309","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 530.309","heading":"Miscellaneous provisions.","body":"(a) A special rate may be paid only for those hours for which an employee is in a pay status.\n(b) A pay increase caused by an employee becoming entitled to a new or higher special rate supplement is not an equivalent increase in pay within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 5335. (See 5 CFR 531.407(c).)\n(c) A special 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.\n(d) Consistent with § 530.308, the reduction or termination of an employee's special rate supplement in accordance with the requirements of this subpart is not an adverse action under 5 CFR part 752, subpart D, or an action under 5 CFR 930.211.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 530—PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS (GENERAL)","Subpart C—Special Rate Schedules for Recruitment and Retention"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"2ba01b2e0660e7a327fac3ea211a6de135cfa95e3cd6d756c19190267c3a5aed","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-530.308","next":"us/5-cfr-530.321"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}