What is the Maximum Number of Credit Hours that may be Carried Over to the Next Pay Period?
For a full-time employee, only 24 credit hours may be carried over to the next pay period. For a part-time employee, only of the hours in the employees biweekly basic work requirement may be carried over to the next pay period. An agency policy or union agreement may place stricter limitations on how many credit hours may be accumulated or carried over. Only 1 credit hour is earned for each hour of voluntary work in excess of the basic work requirement. (See 5 U.S.C.
