Premium Pay in the United States

Concept of Premium Pay in Labor Law

In this context, a definition of Premium Pay is offered here: An extra amount over straight time rates, sometimes a flat sum, sometimes a percentage of the wage rates, paid to workers to compensate them for inconvenient hours, overtime, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions, or other undesirable circumstances.

Premium Pay

In Legislation

Premium Pay in the U.S. Code: Title 5, Part III, Subpart D, Chapter 55, Subchapter V

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating premium pay are compiled in the United States Code under Title 5, Part III, Subpart D, Chapter 55, Subchapter V. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Government Employees (including premium pay) of the United States. The reader can further narrow his/her legal research of the general topic (in this case, Government Pay and Allowances of the US Code, including premium pay) by chapter and subchapter.