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B-215886 1 (1984-10-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlza0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I'' - eTHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 1 DECISION OP THE UNITEO STATEE AWASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-215886 DATE: October 23, 1984 MATTER OF: Banaag S. Novicio - Highest Previous Rate OIGEST: Army employee, a former local hire with the Unitd States Government in the Philippine Islands, appeals from a decision of our Claims Group disallow- ing his claim for salary adjustment based on the highest previous rate rule. Employee contends that he should be placed at grade and step that are equi- valent in authority to grade and step he held in Philippines. However, highest salary rate earned in prior employment with Government when converted to United States dollars, was less than grade GS-1, step 1. Employee's claim is denied because employee's Army salary exceeds the highest rate he previously earned. The highest previous rate rule applies only to the salary rate earned by the employee, not to his level of job respon- sibility. Mr. Banaag S. Novicio appeals from Settlement Z-2850647, June 8, 1984, of our Claims Group disallowing his claim for a retroactive salary adjustment based on the high- est previous rate rule. We affirm the Claims Group's disallowance, since Mr. Novicio's salary exceeds the highest rate he previously earned. FACTS Mr. Novicio was employed in various positions with agencies of the United States Government as a Foreign Service Local (FSL) in the Philippine Islands from 1946 to 1975, when his position was abolished. Though he was briefly a General Schedule employee (as a GS-3 and GS-4) during the 1950's, for the majority of his employment he was classified as a FSL employee. Mr. Novicio attained his highest salary rate in 1975, as an FSL-17F. Although the local grade was the counterpart to GS-12 in terms of job responsibility, it paid less than the rate for grade GS-1, approximately $3,423 per year.

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