The employee also may provide a written request to be paid for all accrued comp time, and the employer must provide the payout within 30 days. Employee protections.

Karen recently approached her boss to request swapping her earned overtime pay for comp time so she could go on her church’s mission trip to Nicaragua without interrupting her regular paycheck.

While a worker can request to cash out their comp time, they still must wait as long as 30 days to get the pay they are rightfully owed. Rep. Roby’s proposal is a great deal for businesses, which get ...

Similarly, employees may, at any time, request a payout of their accrued but unused comp time. Employers have 30 days in which to make these requested payments.

"All civil service and Foreign Service specialists and untenured officers at the GS-15/FP-01 level and below may request compensatory time off for official travel performed outside of regular duty ...

Overtime pay vs. comp time: ... which is why many employees are requesting more flexibility at work," said SHRM member Juanita Phillips in her own testimony to the subcommittee.