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.
BACKGROUND. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) implemented legislation that entitles eligible Federal employees to earn Compensatory Time Off for Travel (CT/T) for time spent traveling between an employeeâs official duty station and temporary duty station, for travel during uncompensated, non-work hours.