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 happens if a temporary promotion ends?

If there is any period of time between the end of a temporary promotion and the beginning of a permanent promotion, the employee must be returned to the lower grade. As required by 5 CFR 531.215 (c), the agency must recompute the employee's rate of basic pay for the lower grade as if the employee had never been temporarily promoted. ...

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 is an employee's pay set when a temporary promotion expires?

How is an employee’s pay set when a temporary promotion expires and the employee is returned to the lower grade and then subsequently promoted? When a temporary promotion is made permanent immediately after the temporary promotion ends, the employee is not returned to the lower grade in order to process the permanent promotion. ...

How is pay set on a temporary promotion?

Pay is set on the position of record affording any WGIs or PBIs the employee would have received had they not served on the temporary promotion. Pay is set upon subsequent permanent promotion following pay-setting rules outlined in IRM 6.531.1.2.8 and IRM 6.531.1.2.9. ...

How do I convert a temporary promotion to a permanent promotion?

See 5 CFR 531.214 (e). The agency must convert the employee’s temporary promotion to a permanent promotion without a change in pay. The appropriate action is to process the promotion (nature of action code 702) showing the higher grade as the grade before and after promotion. ...

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. ...