Maximum Payable Rate Rule - U.S. Office of Personnel Management

The maximum payable rate rule is a special rule that allows an agency to set pay for a General Schedule (GS) employee at a rate above the rate that would be established using normal rules, based on a higher rate of pay the employee previously received in another Federal job. The pay set under the maximum payable rate … See more

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What is an employee's payable rate upon promotion?

Upon promotion, an employee's payable rate of basic pay is determined by the rate identified in step C. If this rate exceeds the maximum of the rate range, the employee's payable rate is that maximum rate, or, if the employee's existing rate is higher, a retained rate under 5 CFR part 536 equal to that existing rate. ...

What is the maximum payable rate rule?

The maximum payable rate rule may be used in various pay actions, including reemployment, transfer, reassignment, promotion, demotion, change in type of appointment, termination of a critical position pay authority under 5 CFR part 535, movement from a non-GS pay system, or termination of grade or pay retention under 5 CFR part 536. ...

What is maximum payable rate?

Maximum payable rate is an employee's best entitlement based on highest previous rate (HPR). An employee may be paid under maximum payable rate rules at management's discretion provided the employee does not have a higher entitlement under statute, e.g., as a result of pay retention or the two-step promotion rule. ...

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. ...

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. ...

What is an employee's payable rate?

This is the employee's payable rate of basic pay upon promotion. (If the rate identified in step C exceeds the maximum of the rate range identified in this step, the employee's payable rate is that maximum rate, or, if the employee's existing rate is higher than that maximum rate, a retained rate under 5 CFR part 536 equal to that existing rate.) ...