§ 532.235 Conduct of full-scale wage survey

5 CFR 532.235(a)(a) Wage survey data shall not be collected before the date the survey is ordered by the lead agency.

5 CFR 532.235(b)(b) Data collection for a full-scale wage survey shall be accomplished by personal visit to private sector establishments. With the unanimous consent of the members of a Local Wage Survey Committee, data may also be obtained from a private sector establishment or establishments during a full-scale wage survey by telephone, mail, or electronic means. The following required data shall be collected:

5 CFR 532.235(b)(1)(1) General information about the size, location, and type of product or service of the establishment sufficient to determine whether the establishment is within the scope of the survey and properly weighted, if the survey is a sample survey;

5 CFR 532.235(b)(2)(2) Specific information about each job within the establishment that is similar to one of the jobs covered by the survey, including a brief description of the establishment job, the number of employees in the job, and their rate(s) of pay to the nearest mill (including any cost-of-living adjustments required by contract or that are regular and customary and monetary bonuses that are regular and customary); and

5 CFR 532.235(b)(3)(3) Any other information the lead agency believes is appropriate and useful in determining local prevailing rates.

5 CFR 532.235(c)(c) The data collectors shall submit the data they collect to the local wage survey committee together with their recommendations about the use of the data.