The Army requested an opinion as to the proper method to be used in redesigning its standard civilian payroll system to process the earning and use of compensatory time by its civilian employees. Regulations preclude an employee from receiving overtime pay during any pay period in an amount that would cause the employee's aggregate pay rate to exceed the maximum rate for that grade classification...

THE FACT THAT THE EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE LESS COMPENSATORY TIME AVAILABLE FOR USE THAN WAS ACTUALLY EARNED OR TAKEN DURING A PAY PERIOD IS NOT CONTROLLING SINCE THE LIMITATION IN SECTION 5547 IS MANDATORY. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CIVILIAN PAYROLL SYSTEM - PROCESSING OF COMPENSATORY TIME: THIS DECISION IS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY D.W. THE ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER STATES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY IS...