| Comment Number: | OL-10509121 |
| Received: | 3/15/2005 1:03:32 PM |
| Subject: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Title: | National Security Personnel System |
| CFR Citation: | 5 CFR Chapter XCIX and Part 9901 |
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Comments:
Career-ladder Positions - Presently I am in a GS-12/13 position. At this time we do not know what the pay band will be. If the pay band for my job series is a GS-12/13 pay band then I am going to be adversely effected because I will not receive the pay increase from a GS-12 to GS-13, which is about a $10,000 a year increase. I understand that I will receive what ever my superiors and the pay pools feel that I have earned based on my performance and the written documentation that I provide, however, in my experience with pay bands (I was previously under Acq Demo) there is only so much money provided for each pool. I will have to compete with every other person within my series and pay band for the money available for promotions. There is no way I will receive the $10,000 a year pay increase that I would have received going from a GS-12 step 1 to a GS-13 step 1. I have worked very hard to earn my present position and feel I am going to be punished because I will not be eligible for my GS-13 until 2 months after the NSPS pay banding is to go into effect. Can it be arranged that those in similar situations receive some type of compensation for the time they have worked towards their next grade level? For example, take the estimated $10,000 pay increase; divide it by 52 weeks coming out to $192.31 per week. The employee has worked 40 weeks toward his or her next GS grade. Take 40 x $192.31 = $7,692.31. Add $7,692.31 to his or her pay prior to entering the pay band. I realize that this system is trying to get away from the time in grade as a reason for a promotion, but those selected for these career ladder positions have worked very hard to get into these positions and have worked hard at these positions. Employees will be adversely affected because their next pay raise will be displaced by almost a year in some cases. This is not fair to the hard working GS employees employed by the DoD.