§ 532.417 Within-grade increases

5 CFR 532.417(a)(a) An employee paid under a regular Federal Wage System schedule with a work performance rating of satisfactory or better shall advance automatically to the next higher step within the grade in accordance with section 5343(e)(2) of title 5, United States Code.

5 CFR 532.417(b)(b) Waiting periods for within-grade increases shall begin:

5 CFR 532.417(b)(1)(1) On the first day of a new appointment as an employee subject to this part;

5 CFR 532.417(b)(2)(2) On the first day of a period of service after a break in service or time in a nonppay status in excess of 52 weeks; or

5 CFR 532.417(b)(3)(3) On receipt of an equivalent increase.

5 CFR 532.417(c)(c) Creditable service. The following periods of time shall be considered creditable service for purposes of waiting periods for within-grade increases:

5 CFR 532.417(c)(1)(1) Time during which an employee is in receipt of pay, including periods of leave with pay;

5 CFR 532.417(c)(2)(2) Time during which an employee with a prearranged regular scheduled tour of duty is in a nonpay status to the extent that the time in a nonpay status does not exceed, in the aggregate:

5 CFR 532.417(c)(2)(i)(i) One workweek in the waiting period for step 2;

5 CFR 532.417(c)(2)(ii)(ii) Three workweeks in the waiting period for step 3; or

5 CFR 532.417(c)(2)(iii)(iii) Four workweeks in the waiting period for steps 4 and 5;

5 CFR 532.417(c)(3)(3) Time during which an employee or former employee is on leave of absence or is separated from Federal service and is entitled to continuation of pay or compensation under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code. This does not apply to prevailing rate employees within a Department of Defense or Coast Guard nonappropriated fund instrumentality;

5 CFR 532.417(c)(4)(4) A period of military service when:

5 CFR 532.417(c)(4)(i)(i) An employee is on leave of absence to perform such service and returns to pay status through the exercise of a restoration right provided by law, Executive order, or regulation; or

5 CFR 532.417(c)(4)(ii)(ii) A former employee is reemployed with the Federal Service not later than 52 calendar weeks after separation from such service or hospitalization continuing thereafter for a period of not more than one year. Military service means honorable active service in the Armed Forces, in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service after June 30, 1960, or as a commissioned officer of the Environmental Science Services Administration after June 30, 1961, but does not include service in the National Guard, except when ordered to active duty in the service of the United States.

5 CFR 532.417(c)(5)(5) The time between an employee's separation from an earlier position and the date of the employee's return to a civilian position through the exercise of a reemployment right granted by law, Executive Order, or regulation;

5 CFR 532.417(c)(6)(6) Time during which an employee is performing service, which is creditable under section 8332(b) (5) or (7) of title 5, United States Code;

5 CFR 532.417(c)(7)(7) The time during which an employee is detailed to a non-Federal position under subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code; and

5 CFR 532.417(c)(8)(8) Nonworkdays intervening between an employee's last regularly scheduled workday in one position and the first regularly scheduled workday in a new position.

5 CFR 532.417(c)(9)(9) Time during which an employee is temporarily employed by another agency in a position covered by this subpart.

5 CFR 532.417(d)(d) Effective date. A within-grade increase shall be effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period following the day an employee becomes eligible for the increase.

5 CFR 532.417(e)(e) Equivalent increase. The following shall not be counted as equivalent increases:

5 CFR 532.417(e)(1)(1) Application of a new or revised wage schedule or application of a new pay or evaluation plan;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(2)(2) Payment of additional compensation in the form of nonforeign or foreign post differentials or nonforeign cost-of-living allowances;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(3)(3) Adjustment of the General Schedule;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(4)(4) Premium payment for overtime and holiday duty;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(5)(5) Payment of night shift differential;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(6)(6) Hazard pay differentials;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(7)(7) Payment of rates above the minimum rate of the grade in recognition of specific qualifications, or in jobs in specific hard-to-fill occupations;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(8)(8) Correction of an error in a previous demotion or reduction in pay;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(9)(9) Temporary limited promotion followed by change to lower grade to the former or a different lower grade;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(10)(10) A transfer or reassignment in the same grade and step to another local wage area with a higher wage schedule;

5 CFR 532.417(e)(11)(11) Repromotion to a former or intervening grade of any employee whose earlier change to lower grade was not for cause and was not at the employee's request; and

5 CFR 532.417(e)(12)(12) An increase resulting from the grant of a quality step increase under the General Schedule.