Evening star., 1924-09-15
j. s. PAY CHANGES
!. / NOT RETROACTIVE.
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Controller General Decides
Point Affecting CIassifica-
i, tion Appeal.

Salaries of Government employees
which are changed as a result of ap-
peal to the Personnel ClasSifica ito n
Board will not be retroactive to July
I, the beginning of the fiscal year,
but will be put into effect on the first
pay day following the boards deci-
sion.
This will result from IA decision by
Controller General MCCarl made pub
lie today. which changes the practice
therefore, followed of making the
changes in salary date back to July 1.
The question. which has grown to
be one of ma jor Importance since so
many appeals have been sent on up to
the board, and so many alterations
have been made in altocations, was
submitted by the Secretary OF the
Treasury. and the decision rendered to
him is deemed to hold for all de-
partmentS.
Adjustment of Difficulties.
The trouble arose in the difficulty
of adjusting salaries. where often
times the change in ALLEGATION meant
considerable adjustment in the whole
system of pay. and in some cases
were understood to have developed
conflict with other provisions of the
classification law, for instance, the
average provision.
Prior to the decision made public to-
day, Government departments and es-
adjustments had been acting on the
advice of the classification board in
making changes in salary effective
back to July l. in some cases bring
ing to employees a considerable IN
crease OF back pay. This practlce
was also in line with decision OF
the controller general rendered to the
"a
which concerned ALLEGATIONS and
changes made prior to July l. This
decision of July "a said: The last ac-
tion of the Personnel Classification
Board in ALLEGATION of positions is the
proper basis for fixing the rate OF
compensation, and such rate is IN
general effective as of and from July
!. 1924"
The controller. however, points out
that the problem has changed TO
apply the same rule to all revised or
changed ALLEGATIONS made during the
present fiscal year" said McCarl,
would result in confusion, impossi-
bility of proper accounting and diffl-
Guilty ir the application of the aver
age provision appearing In the ap-
preparation act
1T appears to be a fact" he con-
tinueS, that all ALLEGATIONS had not
been made by July /, 1924, and hence
there were ALLEGATIONS subsequent to
that date which were either original
ALLEGATIONS or ALLEGATIONS based upon
an appeal from an ALLEGATION preyi-
ously made.
Employees are understood to have
been paid according to the compen-
Sation which they were in receipt of
where no original ALLEGATION had been
made, and were paid according to the
original ALLEGATION If there was an
appeal from such ALLEGATION. This
appears to have been as nearly as
possible the practical rule to follow,
and | see no reason to question the
payments thus heretofore made.
Hereafter ALLEGATIONS may be given
effect to only for the pay period cur
rent upon the date of receipt by the
administrative office of the alloca
tion, whether it be an original alloca-
ton or an ALLEGATION resulting from
an appeal"
The new decision will mean that
all Government employees who get
changes in their grades by action of
the classification board will not have
the salaries adjusted to the date of
July 1. If they get raises in salaries
they will get them only on the next pay
day and will receive no back pay. If
they receive cuts in pay there will be
no deductions for the period back
to July l.