An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee requested a review of the Claims Group's denial of his claim for backpay and step-increase-waiting-time credit pursuant to his assignment to the merit pay system and subsequent reassignment to the General Schedule (GS) system. EPA assigned the claimant to its merit pay system after it determined that he was a management official but subsequently se...

THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ENTITLED TO RETROACTIVE PAY AND WITHIN-GRADE WAITING TIME CREDIT EQUAL TO WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCRUED IF THEY HAD REMAINED IN THE GENERAL SCHEDULE SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT ENTITLED TO ADDITIONAL PAY AND WITHIN-GRADE WAITING TIME CREDIT BASED ON HIS CLAIM THAT HE WAS IMPROPERLY ASSIGNED TO THE MERIT PAY SYSTEM. 1986: WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO REVIEW A SETTLEMENT OF OUR CLAIM...