Treatment of locality rate as basic pay.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

A locality rate is considered to be an employee's rate of basic pay only for the purpose of computing or applying— (a) Retirement deductions, contributions, and benefits under 5 U.S.C. chapters 83 and 84; (b) Life insurance premiums and benefits under 5 U.S.C. chapter 87; (c) Premium pay under 5 U.S.C. chapter 55, subchapter V, and 5 CFR part 550, subparts A and I (including the computation of limitations on premium pay); (d) Severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595 and 5 CFR part 550, subpart G; (e) Advances in pay under 5 U.S.C. 5524a and 5 CFR part 550, subpart B; (f) Post differentials under 5 U.S.C. 5925(a) and danger pay allowances under 5 U.S.C. 5928 for an employee temporarily working in a foreign area when the employee's official worksite is located in a locality pay area; (g) Nonforeign area cost-of-living allowances and post differentials under 5 U.S.C. 5941 and 5 CFR part 591, subpart B; (h) Recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives, supervisory differentials, and extended assignment incentives under 5 U.S.C. chapter 57, subchapter IV, and 5 CFR part 575; (i) Performance-based cash awards under 5 U.S.C. 4505a and 5 CFR part 451, subpart A, when such awards are computed as a percentage of an employee's rate of basic pay; (j) GS pay administration provisions (e.g., GS promotion provisions) to the extent provided in subpart B of this part; (k) Pay administration provisions for prevailing rate employees which consider rates of basic pay under the GS pay system in set

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