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B-191817 1 (1979-02-05)

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DECISION


FILE:  B-191817


   TECOMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF   THE U.NITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D C. 20548




       DATE:  February 5, 1979


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MATTER OF: John P. Corrigan -Retroactive Salary Increas


DIGEST:


Employee of HEW was appointed at grade GS-12, step 1.
Agency, through administrative oversight, did not
act timely to obtain approval of Civil Service
Commission (CSC) to appoint employee at step 10 of
grade 12.  Employee may not receive retroactive
increase in pay as applicable regulation, 5 C.F.R.
531.203(b), requires that appointments to position
in grade GS-11 or above at rate above minimum rate of
appropriate grade be made only with prior approval
of CSC.


     By letter dated April 20, 1978, Mr. Raymond J. Sumser, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Personnel and Training, Department of
Health, Education,and Welfare (HEW), has requested an advance
decision as to whether Mr. John P. Corr an  an employee of HEW
may be granted a retroactive pay increase.

     On January 16, 1977, Mr. Corrigan was appointed to the
position of Program Analyst, GS-345-12, step 1, in the Office of
Child Development even though he had indicated on his application
for employment, SF-171, that he would accept a GS-12 appointrgent
at a minimum salary of $27,094, his salary in his current
position.  The agency desired to appoint Mr. Corrigan at the
GS-12, step 10 rate ($26,571) but through administrative oversight
no action was taken prior to his appointment to secure permission
from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to appoint him at a
rate above the minimum rate of his grade.

     On March 18, 1977, the HEW requested that the CSC approve
a superior qualifications appointment for Mr. Corrigan which
request was denied by the CSC on the basis that he was a current
employee and not a new appointment as specified in 5 C.F.R. 531.203
(b)(2).  On September 19, 1977, the HEW requested that the CSC
grant a variation from section 531.203(b)(2) to allow the adjust-
ment of Mr. Corrigan's salary. On December 2, 1977, the CSC
advised the agency that under Civil Service Rule V, it had
approved a variation of regulation 531.203(b) to permit the adjust-
ment of Mr. Corrigan's salary from the first step to the tenth
step of the grade in which he was serving, CS-12. The CSC
further stated that such salary adjustment may be effective
as of November 15, 1977, which was the date of the CSC action.


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