Promotions - U.S. Office of Personnel Management

A promotion is a change of an employee while continuously employed from one General Schedule (GS) grade to a higher GS grade. See more

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What is the two-step promotion rule?

The two-step promotion rule states that a GS employee promoted to a position in a higher grade is entitled to basic pay at the lowest rate of the higher grade that exceeds his or her existing rate of basic pay by not less than two step increases of the grade from which promoted. ...

What is a promotion?

A promotion is a change of an employee while continuously employed from one General Schedule (GS) grade to a higher GS grade. ...

What is the appropriate action for a promotion?

The appropriate action is to process the promotion (nature of action code 702) showing the higher grade as the grade before and after promotion. (See rules 5 and 6, Table 14-B, chapter 14, Office of Personnel Management's Guide to Processing Personnel Actions.) ...

What rules apply if an employee received a retained rate before promotion?

Special rules also apply if an employee was receiving a retained rate before promotion. These rules are at 5 CFR 531.203 – 531.206, 531.214, and 531.243. See a July 25, 2024 memo to agencies at www.chcoc.gov/transmittals for policies regarding pay for employees temporarily assigned to duties of a higher-graded position. ...

What is an employee promotion guideline?

The first employee promotion guideline that you should create involves specifying the circumstances under which an employee might be eligible for increased salary, responsibilities, or title. This will make the decision to promote - or not promote - an employee objective and fair. ...

Which promotion method should I use?

The following rules govern determinations regarding which promotion method to use: (i) Apply the standard method exclusively if the employee is covered by the same pay schedules before and after promotion. For example, an employee may be covered by the General Schedule and the same locality rate schedule before and after promotion. ...