An appeal was made of a determination denying a claim for retroactive pay incident to promotion and transfer to a new wage area. The claimant asserted that because of the special wage schedule at Hill Air Force Base he was denied the one-step increment increase that a wage board employee is entitled to upon promotion, and he argued that his rate of pay should have been set at WG-11, step 3 at the...

WHO WAS PROMOTED AND TRANSFERRED TO DUTY STATION WITH SPECIAL WAGE SCHEDULE. CLAIM IS DENIED SINCE RATE OF PAY IN WG-11 WAS PROPERLY SET UNDER APPLICABLE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REGULATIONS. COVERT BELIEVES HIS RATE OF PAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET AT WG-11. COVERT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE AND WAS TRANSFERRED AND PROMOTED FROM HIS WAGE BOARD POSITION AT THE HILL AIR FORCE BASE....