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Request for Retroactive Promotion and Backpay

B-195465 Sep 17, 1979
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An employee of the Charleston Naval Shipyard appealed a previous decision which denied his claim for a retroactive promotion with backpay for a period before his position was reclassified. The employee stated that he was not promoted until he appealed his title and grade and that his subordinates were promoted earlier. The general rule is that even though a position is reclassified to a higher grade, the employee is not entitled to the pay of the higher grade until he is actually promoted to the reclassified position. Furthermore, the position did not exist during the time of the employee's claim. Therefore, the previous settlement was sustained.

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