Mandatory pay retention.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) Subject to the requirements in § 536.102 and this section, an agency must provide pay retention to an employee who moves between positions under a covered pay system or from a position not under a covered pay system to a position under a covered pay system and whose payable rate of basic pay otherwise would be reduced (after application of any applicable geographic conversion under § 536.303(a)) as a result of— (1) The expiration of the 2-year period of grade retention under subpart B of this part; (2) A reduction in force or reclassification action that places an employee in a lower-graded position when the employee does not meet the eligibility requirements for grade retention under subpart B of this part; (3) A management action that places an employee in a non-special rate position or in a lower-paid special rate position from a special rate position; (4) A management action that places an employee under a different pay schedule; (5) A management action that places an employee in a formal employee development program generally utilized Governmentwide (e.g., Recent Graduates Program); or (6) A reduction or elimination of scheduled rates, special schedules, or special rate schedules, excluding— (i) A statutory reduction in scheduled rates of pay under the General Schedule, including a reduction authorized under 5 U.S.C. 5303(b); or (ii) A statutory reduction in a prevailing rate schedule established under 5 U.S.C. chapter 53, subchapter IV, and 5 CFR part 532. (b) An ag

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 536.301