The most common meaning of protocol is âa system of rules that explain the correct conduct and procedures to be followed in formal situations,â as in these example sentences: 1  The soldier's actions constituted a breach of military protocol.
Therefore, when terms of an employment contract identify a specific type of travel time as compensable or, as a result of a custom, practice, or policy, employees are regularly paid for travel time that otherwise would not be compensable, the exemptions provided by the Portal Act are negated.
The employee also cannot claim time that is considered part of regular working hours -- 4 1/2 hours in this case. That would leave the workday traveler able to claim six hours of comp time off for travel, OPM said. Some employees may not be eligible to use the new benefit.