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B-219220 1 (1986-04-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmgw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL O CISION .T OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-219220 DATE: April 14, 1986 MATTER OF: John R. MacDonald DIGEST: When an agency assigns employees to the merit pay system and then reassigns them back to the General Schedule system, those employees are not entitled to retroactive pay a-d within-grade waiting time credit equal to what they would have accrued if they had remained in the General Schedule system, unless administrative error occurred. An agency that properly con- verted an employee to merit pay status and then reconverted him to the General Sched- ule upon its prospective adoption of a new standard of employee coverage under the merit pay system, and properly assigned the employee to comparable pay levels, acted in conformity with the relevant statutes' and regulations, and did not commit administrative error. Therefore, the employee is not entitled to additional pay and within-grade waiting time credit based on his claim that he was improperly assigned to the merit pay system. We have been asked to review a settlement of our Claims Group denying the claim of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee John R. MacDonald for backpay and within- grade step increase waiting time credit arising out of his assignment to the merit pay system. In light of the facts presented, and the applicable provisions of statute and regulation, we deny Mr. MacDonald's claim and sustain our Claims Group's settlement in the matter. Background The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 established a merit pay system for federal supervisors and management officials in GS-13, 14 and 15 positions. Employees assigned to the merit pay systen receive pay adjustments based upon performance appraisals and are eligible for cash awards in recognition of superior service. See, generally, 5 U.S.C. §§ 5401-5405.

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