Memo (2024): Waiver of Biweekly Limitations on Premium Pay – Hurricane Debby

A declaration of emergency was recently declared by President Biden due to the landfall of Hurricane Debby which impacted Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Given that Department of the Interior (Department) employees may provide disaster response support for this event, Department employees are authorized a waiver of the biweekly limitations on premium pay and are authorized an increase to the calendar year (CY) 2024 pay limitations, as defined by the provisions of 5 U.S.C. §5547, if they perform work in direct response, recovery, emergency management, and mitigation efforts for this event. This waiver of biweekly pay limitations is effective August 4, 2024.