5 CFR §532.281
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- (a)Agencies are authorized to establish special schedule payments for prevailing rate employees who perform diving and tending duties.
- (b)Employees who perform diving duties shall be paid 175 percent of the locality WG-10, step 2, rate for all payable hours of the shift.
- (c)Employees who perform tending duties shall be paid at the locality WG-10, step 2, rate for all payable hours of the shift.
- (d)Employees whose regular scheduled rate exceeds the diving/tending rate on the day they perform such duties shall retain their regular scheduled rate on that day.
- (e)An employee's diving/tending rate shall be used as the basic rate of pay for computing all premium payments for a shift.
- (f)Employees who both dive and tend on the same shift shall receive the higher diving rate as the basic rate for all hours of the shift.