What is the maximum total accrual of earned compensatory time, including conversion to time at the one-half rate?

What is the maximum total accrual of earned compensatory time, including conversion to time at the one-half rate?

• A. Twelve hours
• B. Sixteen hours
• C. Fourteen hours
• D. Eighteen hours

Answer: (C)

The concept being tested is the cap on compensatory time that you can have, counting both earned comp time and any time that's converted to leave at the one-half rate. The rule is that the total amount credited, whether as regular compensatory time or as time credited at the half-rate due to conversion, cannot exceed a fixed limit. That limit is 14 hours. So you could have, for example, 12 hours of earned compensatory time and convert up to 2 hours to half-rate time to reach the 14-hour cap; attempting to accrue more would push you over the limit. This is why 14 hours is the maximum balance you can have, taking into account any half-rate conversions.

The concept being tested is the cap on compensatory time that you can have, counting both earned comp time and any time that's converted to leave at the one-half rate. The rule is that the total amount credited, whether as regular compensatory time or as time credited at the half-rate due to conversion, cannot exceed a fixed limit. That limit is 14 hours.

So you could have, for example, 12 hours of earned compensatory time and convert up to 2 hours to half-rate time to reach the 14-hour cap; attempting to accrue more would push you over the limit. This is why 14 hours is the maximum balance you can have, taking into account any half-rate conversions.