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THE  COMPNTROLLUN USNENAL
OF   TME   UNITED ETATEE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20 .18


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MATTER   OF:   Adre'se  AMearn et. al. e Retroactive Promotions
               for Creer Ladder Employee
DIGEST:     Where Internal Revemue Service (IRS) failed
            to sabmit promotion resemmeadatss  for
            31 career ladder employees on a timely
            basts, casing promotions b be delayed
            beyond dates employees became eligible
            for advancoueut, is requests whether it
            may consider delay Pt wjuastified perseo-
            ael ation and award retroactive promotions
            nder Sack Pay Statute. 5 U. a. C. I 55.
            S1mce employees had no vested rigt to be
            ronmote  Wader statute, regulation or ool-
                  bargintg  agreement. delay of
            prmotions was not mIN      ad corrective
            action would not be hrid   under Back
            Pay Stafte.

    This ation comerns a request from the Director, Personnel
Diuscom. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of the
Treasury, Washington, D. C.. for a decision as to wheth-.- the
IMt may retroactively adjuSt the promotion dates of 31 employee.
io the IRS DistrIl Office. Jacksouville. Florida.
    72e em~ployees were serving to career ladder positions during
the    e       July 1975 to March 1ST4, and recommendations
for teirpromotos   were at uubnitted oa a ttmely basis so as to
permit thes employees to be promoted when they became oliible.
A. a result. eac pomotSon action was made retroactively eective.
wherein each standard form S7-k0 was anotated with the remark
Delay Due to Adinmstrative Error.  Mhortly thereafter the Civil
Service Cam  lsion eadeted an oneito evaluation of the IRS
District Office in JsAksoarille. Florida, and cited ue.e retroactive
promotions as violations of Cemmiske regulations. As a result.
the Commission required IRK to take corrective action with regard
to tese improer  ratroactive promotions.
   4ta IRP tok the crectiv   action required by the Commission
and set the effective date ot each promotion on or after each SF-50
was isued by the Personnel Office. However, the IRS does not
desire to penalise employees involved for fathere of agency officials
to submit the promotion recommendations on a timely basis. The
IMR questions whether this failure of agency officials may be


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