Payment for Compensatory or Holiday Time
Texas A&M Entities and Institutions of Higher Education

Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service may pay its FLSA exempt employees on a straight-time basis for work on a holiday or for regular compensatory time hours in certain situations. Payment is authorized only when such time is worked in connection with a state or federal activation and when taking regular compensatory time off would be disruptive to normal business functions.

Source

GAA, Rider 3 of the appropriations for the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service.

Texas A&M Forest Service

The Texas A&M Forest Service is authorized to pay its FLSA exempt employees straight-time hours for hours worked on a holiday or for regular compensatory time when the hours worked are in connection with an emergency. Payment is authorized when allowing compensatory time off would disrupt the agency’s normal business functions.

Source

GAA, Rider 5 of the appropriations for the Texas A&M Forest Service.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is authorized to pay its FLSA exempt employees straight-time hours for hours worked on a holiday or for regular compensatory time when the hours worked are in connection with an emergency. Payment is authorized when allowing compensatory time off would disrupt the agency’s normal business functions.

Source

GAA, Rider 10 of the appropriations for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

Institutions of Higher Education

An institution of higher education may pay an employee at his or her regular rate of pay for hours worked on a national or state holiday that does not fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Payment for these hours is allowed if granting the employee time off would disrupt normal teaching, research or other critical functions at the institution.

Source

Texas Government Code, Section 662.007.