5 C.F.R. § 531.605 Determining an employee's official worksite.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 531—PAY UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE
Subpart F—Locality-Based Comparability Payments
§ 531.605 Determining an employee's official worksite.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the official worksite is the location of an employee's position of record where the employee regularly performs his or her duties or, if the employee's work involves regular travel or the employee's work location varies on a daily basis, where his or her work activities are based, as determined by the employing agency. An agency must document an employee's official worksite on an employee's Notification of Personnel Action (Standard Form 50 or equivalent).
(b) For an employee who is relocated and authorized to receive relocation expenses under 5 U.S.C. chapter 57, subchapter II (or similar authority), the official worksite is the established worksite for the position in the area to which the employee has been relocated. For an employee authorized to receive relocation expenses under 5 U.S.C. 5737 in connection with an extended assignment resulting in a temporary change of station, the duty station associated with the extended assignment is the official worksite. (See 41 CFR 302–1.1.)
(c) For an employee whose assignment to a new worksite is followed within 3 workdays by a reduction in force resulting in the employee's separation before he or she is required to report for duty at the new location, the official worksite in effect immediately before the assignment remains the official worksite through the date of separation.
(d)(1) For an employee covered by a telework agreement who is scheduled (while in duty status) to report at least once a week on a regular and recurring basis to the regular worksite for the employee's position of record, the regular worksite is the official worksite. However, for an employee whose work location varies on a daily basis, the employee need not report at least once a week to the established official worksite (where the employee's work activities are based) as long as the employee is performing work within the locality pay area for that worksite at least once a week on a regular and recurring basis. An agency must determine a telework employee's official worksite on a case-by-case basis.
(2) If an employee covered by a telework agreement does not meet the requirements of paragraph (d)(1) of this section, the employee's official worksite is the location of the employee's telework site.
(3) An authorized agency official may make a temporary exception to the requirements in paragraph (d)(1) and (2) of this section in appropriate situations, such as when an employee is recovering from an injury or medical condition that prevents the employee from commuting to the regular worksite.
(e) In applying paragraph (d)(1) of this section for the purpose of other location-based pay entitlements under other regulations that reference this section, the reference to a locality pay area is deemed to be a reference to the applicable geographic area associated with the given pay entitlement. For example, for the purpose of special rates under 5 CFR part 530, subpart C, the reference to a locality pay area is deemed to be a reference to the geographic area covered by a special rate schedule.
[70 FR 31303, May 31, 2005]
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