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.
From what I understand it will be comp time but not the whole time you spend in travel status. (Example: You eat at the airport waiting for the next leg. That time is your time and not comp'ed. You get delayed overnight and go to a hotel, that is not comp time.) Also the comp time is good for 26 pay periods according to the OPM links below.