§ 550.204 Agency procedures

5 CFR 550.204(a)(a) Each agency shall establish written procedures governing advance payments. These procedures shall include—

5 CFR 550.204(a)(1)(1) Criteria to be considered before approval or denial of employee requests for advance payments;

5 CFR 550.204(a)(2)(2) Criteria to be considered before waiving all or part of advance payments; and

5 CFR 550.204(a)(3)(3) Processing and accounting procedures governing advance payments.

5 CFR 550.204(b)(b) Before making an advance payment, an agency shall require that the employee sign an agreement to repay to the Federal Government any amount for which repayment has not been waived by the agency head under § 550.206 of this part.

5 CFR 550.204(c)(c) Before making an advance payment, an agency shall provide the following information to the employee in writing:

5 CFR 550.204(c)(1)(1) A statement indicating how the advance in pay will be recovered from the employee by the Federal Government, either in installments under agency procedures for payroll deductions or by salary offset procedures under subpart K of this part;

5 CFR 550.204(c)(2)(2) The total amount of the advance in pay, the total number of pay periods for repayment of the advance in pay, and the amount that will be deducted from the pay of the employee by payroll deductions or salary offset for each pay period;

5 CFR 550.204(c)(3)(3) A statement indicating that the employee may prepay all or part of the balance of the advance payment at any time before the money is due, including instructions as to where and how such prepayments may be made.

5 CFR 550.204(c)(4)(4) A statement indicating that the amount of the advance in pay not yet repaid by an employee or waived by the agency head is due and must be repaid by the employee if the employee transfers to another agency or the individual's employment with the agency is terminated for any reason; and

5 CFR 550.204(c)(5)(5) A statement indicating that any amount of the remaining balance of the advance in pay that has not been waived or repaid by the employee on transfer or termination for any reason must be recovered by salary offset under subpart K of this part and/or by such other method as is provided by law.

5 CFR 550.204(d)(d) The head of an agency may establish procedures under which an employee is permitted to make allotments out of an advance in pay for such purposes as the head of the agency considers appropriate.