Responsibilities of participating organizations.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) The Office of Personnel Management: (1) Defines the boundaries of wage and survey areas; (2) Prescribes the required industries to be surveyed; (3) Prescribes the required job coverage for surveys; (4) Designates a lead agency for each wage area; (5) Establishes, jointly with lead agencies, a nationwide schedule of wage surveys; (6) Arranges for technical services with other Government agencies; (7) Considers recommendations of the national headquarters of any agency or labor organization relating to the Office of Personnel Management's responsibilities for the Federal Wage System; and (8) Establishes wage schedules and rates for prevailing rate employees who are United States citizens outside of the United States, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, the Territories and Possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. (b) (c) (2) (d) Lead agencies are responsible for: (1) Planning and conducting the wage survey for that area; (2) Developing survey specifications and providing or arranging for the identification of establishments to be surveyed; (3) Officially ordering wage surveys; (4) Establishing wage schedules, applying wage schedules authorized by the head of the agency; and (5) Referring pertinent matters to the agency wage committee and the Office of Personnel Management. (e) (f)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 532.231