Entitlement to the Minimum Two-Step Increase in Basic Pay

Three Federal employees claimed backpay incident to reassignment to positions at the same grade level, which they alleged entitled them to a two-step pay increase. Reassignment to a position where a promotion is only potential or expected some time after reassignment falls short of an actual promotion or transfer to a higher General Schedule grade at the time of reassignment. Therefore, since the claimants did not receive a higher General Schedule grade, the claims were disallowed.