(a)
(1) An employee whose position is paid under the Craft and Labor Schedule or whose position is in Grades 1 through 27 of the General Schedule or who is paid under any special compensation schedule and who is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall receive compensation, equal to one and one-half times the employee's regular base rate, for authorized overtime work performed. Provided, however, that Emergency Services Physicians employed by the Virgin Islands Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation shall receive compensation, equal to the physician's regular hourly rate of pay, for authorized overtime work performed.
(2) An employee whose position is in Grade 28 or higher of the General Schedule shall not receive overtime compensation payments. He shall receive compensatory time off equal to the number of overtime hours worked at such time or times when, in the discretion of the agency head, the public business will not suffer thereby; Provided, however, That compensatory time off shall be granted within twelve months after the date upon which such time was earned.
(3) An agency head may, on the request of an employee, whose rate of overtime premium compensation is not fixed by federal law, grant the employee compensatory time off.
(4) An agency head may provide that an employee, whose rate of basic pay is in excess of the basic pay of step A of Grade 25 of the General Schedule, shall be granted compensatory time off.
(b) Overtime work shall be permitted in accordance with such policies as are established by rules of the Governor. The Governor may allow overtime compensation or compensatory time off, equivalent to that provided by this section, to employees not included under the provisions of this section.
(c) The overtime work provisions of this section, as applied to employees who live and sleep at their place of employment, do not include periods when such employees are not actively on duty.
(d) The overtime work provisions of this section do not apply to employees who are furnished meals and living quarters without deductions from their pay, and who, because of the nature of their duties, are required to work long, unusual, or irregular hours and in consideration thereof are allowed and paid a premium wage of not less than fifteen (15) percent over and above the regular salary.
(e) An employee who is required to work on a holiday shall receive as compensation his regular daily pay, plus an amount equal to his regular base rate for all authorized work performed on the holiday; Provided, That in the case of an employee whose employment on a Sunday on a regular or rotating shift of duty basis is necessary in the public interest, including an employee in a public institution such as a government hospital or an institution for the aged, or an employee engaged in work relating to the public safety, health, or fire prevention, such employment on a Sunday shall not be deemed provided for in this section.