DATE: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Beginning Pay Period 2025-18 (08/10 through 08/23), employees who exceed the biweekly pay cap will see the following comment on their Earnings and Leave Statement: “Employee’s pay is cutback due to exceeding the biweekly maximum.”
Please note that the biweekly maximum pertains to regular pay and premium pay. Premium pay may be cutback when the employee reaches their biweekly maximum, but regular pay will always be paid in full, even when the biweekly maximum is reached.
IBC is currently refining the specifics on when and how this message will be generated in Pay Period 2025-19 (08/24 through 09/06) and beyond.
Biweekly Premium Pay Limitation
Under 5 U.S.C. 5547(a) and 5 CFR 550.105, General Schedule (GS) employees and other covered employees may receive certain types of premium pay for a biweekly pay period only to the extent that the sum of basic pay and premium pay for the pay period does not exceed the greater of the biweekly rate payable for (1) GS-15, step 10 (including any applicable locality payment or special rate supplement) or (2) the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule.
Resources
- Employee Express Login
- Pay Caps FAQs – IBC Customer Central
- Biweekly Caps on Premium Pay – OPM.gov
- IBC Customer Central
Questions
- Please contact the Customer Support Center at Payroll_Helpdesk@ios.doi.gov or 1-866-FOR-1-CSC (1-866-367-1272).