§ 532.267 Special wage schedules for aircraft, electronic, and optical instrument overhaul and repair positions in Puerto Rico

5 CFR 532.267(a)(a) The Department of Defense shall conduct special industry surveys and establish special wage schedules for wage employees in Puerto Rico whose primary duties involve the performance of work related to aircraft, electronic equipment, and optical instrument overhaul and repair.

5 CFR 532.267(b)(b) Except as provided in this section, regular appropriated fund wage survey and wage-setting procedures are applicable.

5 CFR 532.267(c)(c) Special survey specifications are as follows:

5 CFR 532.267(c)(1)(1) Surveys must, at a minimum, include the air transportation and electronics industries in the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes:

5 CFR 532.267(c)(2)(2) Surveys shall cover all establishments in the surveyed industries.

5 CFR 532.267(c)(3)(3) Surveys shall, as a minimum, include all the following jobs:

5 CFR 532.267(d)(d) The data collected in a special wage survey shall be considered adequate if there are as many weighted matches used in computing the nonsupervisory payline as there are employees covered by the special wage rate schedules.

5 CFR 532.267(e)(e) Each survey job used in computing the nonsupervisory payline must include a minimum of three unweighted matches.

5 CFR 532.267(f)(f) Special schedules shall have three step rates with the payline fixed at step 2. Step 1 shall be set at 96 percent of the payline rate, and step 3 shall be set at 104 percent of the payline rate.

5 CFR 532.267(g)(g) The waiting period for within-grade increases shall be 26 weeks between steps 1 and 2 and 78 weeks between steps 2 and 3.

5 CFR 532.267(h)(h) Special wage schedules shall be effective on the same date as the regular wage schedules for the Puerto Rico wage area.