For emergency work, only overtime labor is eligible for budgeted employees; straight-time labor for budgeted employees is not eligible for reimbursement. The documentation indicates that the Applicant hired the clerk as a permanent (i.e., budgeted) employee. As a result, straight-time labor costs are not eligible.

FEMA finds that the Applicant’s claimed FAL costs are for straight-time labor performed by the Applicant’s budgeted employee. Since only overtime labor costs are eligible for budgeted employees performing emergency work, the Applicant’s claimed FAL costs are ineligible for assistance.

Stafford Act § 403. 44 C.F.R. § 206.225(a), 206.228(a)(2)(iii). PAPPG, at 23-24.