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B-199730 1 (1981-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjoz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-199730 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 DATE: July 31, 1981 MATTER OF: Paul W. Braun - Pay determination - Position classification DIGEST: 1. Because statutory authority to establish appropriate classification standards and to allocate positions subject to the Gen- eral Schedule rests with the agency con- cerned and OPM, this Office has no authority to settle claims on any basis other than the agency or OPM classification. And, since OPM determinations on classification appeals are binding on this Office under 5 U.S.C. § 5112(a), this Office has no authority to modify such actions. 2. Agencies are authorized to classify posi- tions in grades GS-l through GS-15 consis- tent with published standards without prior approval of OPM under 5 U.S.C. § 5107, and the grades thus assigned are the basis for pay and personnel transactions. However, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §§ 5110 and 5112, agency classification actions are subject to review by OPM which may order corrective action if warranted. 3. Under 5 C.F.R. § 511.701 (1980), the ef- fective date of a classification action taken by an agency is the date the action is approved in the agency or a subsequent date specifically stated. Section 511.702 provides that the effective date of a clas- sification action upon appeal to the agency or OPM, subject to the provisions of section 511.703, is no earlier than the date of decision on the appeal. 4. An employee of the Government is entitled to the salary of the position to which he is actually appointed, regardless of the duties actually performed. When an em- ployee performs duties normally performed by one in a grade level lower than the one F 1:55'Ae7 . 17arl 0A ll .X

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