B-189852: Feb 14, 1979

DIGEST: UPON PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEE'S PROMOTION TO A GENERAL SCHEDULE POSITION HIS NIGHT DIFFERENTIAL IS PART OF HIS "RATE OF BASIC PAY" FOR PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT HE RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN PAY EQUIVALENT TO A WITHIN-GRADE INCREASE. ASHBAUGH WAS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A WITHIN-GRADE INCREASE. WAS PROMOTED TO GRADE WG-11. ASHBAUGH WAS PROMOTED TO GRADE GS-9 IN THE GENERAL SCHEDULE. P...

B-189852: Feb 14, 1979

A determination was requested on behalf of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee as to the date of his entitlement to a within-grade increase. The employee was transferred from WG to GS classification. Under his WG classification, the employee's compensation included a night differential amounting to about $700 annually. His new GS classification was assigned (based on an interpretation...