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.
That leaves the employee with 10 1/2 hours of compensatory time off for travel, OPM said. In another example, OPM described an employee who made a one-day business trip, with 13 hours of travel time. Like the weekend traveler, the employee could not claim comp time for commuting to and from the airport or for an airport meal.