eCFR :: 5 CFR 531.214 -- Setting pay upon promotion.

An agency must set an employee's payable rate of basic pay upon promotion following the rules in this ... the retained rate must be compared to the highest applicable rate range for the position after promotion, as provided in 5 CFR 536.304. The employee is entitled to the lowest step …

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What is 531.214 setting pay upon promotion?

§ 531.214 Setting pay upon promotion. (a) General. An agency must set an employee's payable rate of basic pay upon promotion following the rules in this section, consistent with 5 U.S.C. 5334 (b). ...

What if basic pay before promotion is a retained rate?

If the employee's existing payable rate of basic pay before promotion is a retained rate, apply the standard method or alternate method, as applicable, as if the employee were receiving the maximum rate of the employee's grade before promotion. ...

How do you calculate basic pay after promotion?

Identify the highest applicable rate range for the employee's position of record after promotion and find the lowest step rate in that range that equals or exceeds the rate determined in step C. This is the employee's payable rate of basic pay upon promotion. ...

How do you increase basic pay before promotion?

Use the resulting rate (s) of basic pay as the existing rate (s) in effect immediately before promotion in applying steps B and C. Identify the employee's existing GS rate (or LEO special base rate) in the grade before promotion, and increase that rate by two GS within-grade increases for that grade. ...

What if a temporary promotion is more than 1 year?

If the employee’s temporary promotion was for more than 1 year, the agency may choose, at its discretion, to apply the maximum payable rate rule in 5 CFR 531.221 if that would yield a higher rate. ...

Who is covered by the two-step promotion rule?

Only GS employees who are promoted to a higher grade under the General Schedule without a break in service are covered by the two-step promotion rule in 5 U.S.C. 5334 (b) and 5 CFR 531.214 (also, 5 CFR 531.243 for GM employees). ...