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B-199834,B-199835,B-199836,B-199842 1 (1981-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjfh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LE R Q 'THE dOMPTROLLER oENERAL DECISION 0 F THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-199834, B-199835, DATE: March 17, 1981 B-199836, B-199842 MATTER OF: Norman C. Bates, et al. -- laims for additional compensation on change from Wage Grade to General Schedule positions7 DIGEST: -d Four Wage Grade employees entered employee development program and accepted lower-paying General Schedule (GS) positions. They were given salary retention under 5 U.S.C. § 5337 (1976). The em- ployees are not entitled to two- step increases incident to change of position since this was not a promotion. Upon subsequent promotions to higher GS position, their rate of pay was properly based on two-step increase from lower GS position or existing rate of pay, if higher. Their claim for a two-step increase above retained rate of pay is denied. The issue in this case is whether four employees who moved from Wage Grade to lower-paying General Schedule positions, received salary retention, and were later promoted, are entitled to two-step increases in connection with each personnel action. We hold that they are not so entitled and that their pay has been properly set under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. §§ 5334(b) and 5337 (1976). This decision is in response'to appeals of Claims Group settlements denying the claims of Messrs. Norman C. Bates, Chesley Brent Johnson, Robert G. Scott, and Larry P. Woodland for additional compensation incident to their movement from Wage Grade positions to General Schedule positions and their subsequent promotions within the Gen- eral Schedule. All four employees are employed at the Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and all four were promoted in 1977 or 1978 from Wage Grade to General Schedule positions. The em- ployees were entering an employment development program, ,q zi

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