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.
Thus, employees may not earn. compensatory time off for travel during basic (non-overtime) holiday hours because they are. entitled to their rate of basic pay for those hours. Compensatory time off for travel may be. earned by an employee only for time spent in a travel status away from the employee's official.