Evaluating agency requests for new or increased special rates.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) In evaluating agency requests for new or increased special rates, OPM may consider the following factors: (1) The number of existing vacant positions and the length of time they have been vacant; (2) The number of employees who have quit ( (3) Evidence to support a conclusion that recruitment or retention problems likely will develop (if such problems do not already exist) or will worsen; (4) The number of vacancies an agency tried to fill, compared to the number of hires and offers made; (5) The nature of the existing labor market; (6) The degree to which an agency has considered and used other available pay flexibilities to alleviate staffing problems, including the superior qualifications and special needs pay-setting authority in 5 CFR 531.212 and recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives under 5 CFR part 575; (7) The degree to which an agency has considered relevant non-pay solutions to staffing problems, such as conducting an aggressive recruiting program, using appropriate appointment authorities, redesigning jobs, establishing training programs, and improving working conditions; (8) The effect of the staffing problem on the agency's mission; (9) The level of non-Federal rates paid for comparable positions. Data on non-Federal salary rates may be supplemented, if appropriate, by data on Federal salary rates for comparable positions established under a non-GS pay system; and (10) The level of any locality pay authorized under 5 U.S.C. 5304 and any nonforeign

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 530.306