Rating performance.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) As soon as practicable after the end of the appraisal period, a written, or otherwise recorded, rating of record shall be given to each employee. (1) A rating of record shall be based only on the evaluation of actual job performance for the designated appraisal period. (2) An agency shall not issue a rating of record that assumes a level of performance by an employee without an actual evaluation of that employee's performance. (3) Except as provided in § 430.208(i), a rating of record is final when it is issued to an employee with all appropriate reviews and signatures. (b) Rating of record procedures for each appraisal program shall include a method for deriving and assigning a summary level as specified in paragraph (d) of this section based on appraisal of performance on critical elements and, as applicable, non-critical elements. (1) A Level 1 summary (“Unacceptable”) shall be assigned if and only if performance on one or more critical elements is appraised as “Unacceptable.” (2) Consideration of non-critical elements shall not result in assigning a Level 1 summary (“ Unacceptable”). (c) The method for deriving and assigning a summary level may not limit or require the use of particular summary levels ( (d) (2) Within any of the patterns shown in paragraph (d)(1) of this section, summary levels shall comply with the following requirements: (i) Level 1 through Level 5 are ordered categories, with Level 1 as the lowest and Level 5 as the highest; (ii) Level 1 is “Unacce

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 430.208