B-140583: Sep 05, 1968

REQUESTING OUR DECISION WHETHER IN VIEW OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COORDINATED FEDERAL WAGE SYSTEM BY CHAPTER 532 OF THE FEDERAL PERSONNEL MANUAL YOU MAY BY REGULATION DEFINE THE TERM "EQUIVALENT INCREASE" AS IT IS USED IN 5 U.S.C. 5335 TO EXCLUDE WAGE SCHEDULE INCREASES GRANTED EMPLOYEES UNDER THAT SYSTEM. THE EFFECT OF THE PROPOSED DEFINITION WOULD BE TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TRANSFERRED FROM...

B-140583: Dec 10, 1975

S5-14(D)(3) (SAVED PAY WHEN SPECIAL RATES APPLICABLE TO CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS ARE CANCELLED). S8-8(A)(1) (SAVED PAY WHEN WAGE AREAS ARE CONSOLIDATED). SEC. 532.506(E) (SAVED PAY WHEN LOCAL WAGE SURVEY IS BASED. SINCE THE THREE EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE RETENTION REGULATIONS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE STATUTORY RETENTION PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PREVAILING RATE EMPLOY...

B-140583: Mar 13, 1974

COMPENSATION - WAGE BOARD EMPLOYEES - PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES - WAGE REDUCTIONS - INDEFINITE WAGE RETENTION A GENERAL REGULATION TO PROVIDE AN INDEFINITE WAGE RETENTION FOR ALL PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES WHEN WAGE REDUCTIONS ARE BASED UPON DECREASES IN PREVAILING RATES AS DETERMINED BY WAGE SURVEYS. 1974: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION SEEKS A DECISION AS TO THE PROPRIETY OF AMENDIN...

B-140583: Oct 08, 1959

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - WAGE BOARD EMPLOYEES - TRANSFER TO CLASSIFICATION ACT POSITIONS - PERIODIC STEP-INCREASES WAGE BOARD INCREASES WHICH ARE ADMINISTRATIVELY GRANTED PURSUANT TO 5 U.S.C. 1052 (7) MAY NOT BE REGARDED AS "INCREASES IN COMPENSATION GRANTED BY LAW" AS THAT TERM IS USED IN SECTION 701 (B) OF THE CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1949. WAGE BOARD EMPLOYEES WHO RECEIVE WAGE INCREASES PRIOR TO TRANS...

B-140583: Oct 29, 1974

WERE ADMINISTRATIVELY GRANTED AND THUS EQUIVALENT INCREASES FOR PERIODIC STEP INCREASES FOR PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRING INTO CLASSIFIED POSITIONS WILL NO LONGER BE FOLLOWED SINCE THE PREVAILING RATE SYSTEM ENACTED BY PUBLIC LAW 92-392 MAY BE CONSIDERED A STATUTORY WAGE SYSTEM. WHICH STATES THAT AN INCREASE IN PAY GRANTED BY STATUTE IS NOT AN EQUIVALENT INCREASE IN PAY WITHIN THE MEANING...

B-140583: Dec 10, 1975

A decision was requested regarding the propriety of a proposed amendment to the Federal Personnel Manual (F.P.M.) Supplement 532-1 with regard to the retention of rate of pay for prevailing rate employees and with regard to the legality of three existing pay-savings regulations established prior to the enactment of P.L. 92-392. The proposed regulation which would provide indefinite wage retention...