The Army requested a decision regarding a civilian employee's claim for pay for the full amount of overtime he earned during a temporary duty assignment in Saudi Arabia. The Army advised that, due to statutory limitations on overtime pay, it paid the claimant for 216 of the 276 overtime hours he worked during an accelerated construction project, although Saudi Arabia reimbursed the United States f...

Limitation in section 5547 is mandatory and applies regardless of fact that Saudi Arabian Government reimbursed the United States Government for the full cost of the accelerated construction program on which the employee worked the overtime hours. Brown - Limitation on Title 5 Overtime Reimbursement By Foreign Government: This decision is in response to a request by G. Brown was required to work 2...