Approval criteria and written determination.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a)(1) For each determination to pay a relocation incentive under this subpart, an agency must document in writing— (i) The basis for determining that a position is likely to be difficult to fill as determined under § 575.206; (ii) The basis for authorizing a relocation incentive for an employee; (iii) The basis for the amount and timing of the approved relocation incentive payments and the length of the required service period; and (iv) That the worksite of the employee's new position is not in the same geographic area as the worksite of the position held immediately before the move (or that a waiver was approved under § 575.205(b)) and that the employee established a residence in the new geographic area, as required by § 575.205(b). (2) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the agency must make each determination to pay a relocation incentive on a case-by-case basis for each employee. (3) The agency must make the determination to pay a relocation incentive before the employee enters on duty in the position to which relocated. (b)(1) An agency may waive the case-by-case approval requirement under paragraph (a) of this section when— (i) The employee is a member of a group of employees subject to a mobility agreement and the agency determines that relocation incentives are necessary to retain employees subject to such an agreement to ensure continuation of operations; or (ii) A major organizational unit of the agency is relocated to a new duty station and the ag

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 575.208