{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-531.611","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 531.611","heading":"Miscellaneous provisions.","body":"(a) A locality rate may be paid only for those hours for which an employee is in a pay status.\n(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).)\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 531—PAY UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE","Subpart F—Locality-Based Comparability Payments"],"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":"92a0fc4de42285f63b9e0746fa422385ed347aca7fa6b0c48b7217920516527a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-531.610","next":"us/5-cfr-532.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}