Evening star., 1928-06-04
Government Workers Will Not
Have to Await AIIocationS
by Personnel Board.
OUTLINES ELABORATE
COMPUTATION FORMULA
Old Average Provision" Still in
Effect, Controller Generals
Ruling Says.

ton Board to take at least partial SUI
pervision over administration of the
Welch salary increase act were blocked
today by Controller General McCarl.
who issued general regulations to all
branches of the Government, ordering
into effect July IS all increases pro-
| vided by law, by means Of ar auto
matte system Of mathematics, to be
administered by departmental execu-
! tives.
The McCarl decision means that
Government employees will not have to
wait for allocations by the Personnel
Classification Board, which sometimes
takes long time, but must be paid the
increases automatically on July Is. un-
der the operation Of the McCarl math-
ematical formula.
Increases Are Mandatory.
McCari holds the increases are man.
datory under the WEIGH law, and will
not interfere with other raises In pay
which executive department heads had
planned. quite apart and distinct from
the Welch law.
Although no appropriations were
made to carry out provisions Of the
WEIGH act, McCarl holds that the SAL
aries must be paid and IF deficiency
in appropriations arises hereafter by
reason therof. report thereon Is for sub
mission to the Congress at its next
session." Plenty of money exists in
the salary appropriations for the new
year to pay the raises until Congress
meets in December to supplement the
money available by deficiency ap-
preparation.
The heart of the McCarl regulations
is q mathematical formula which is to
be applied in determining the relative
positions In the new salary scale for
employees. Generally speaking, 1t will
work out so that persons who are near
the halfway mark now between two
salaries in the new pay scale will 60
20 the new salary to which they are
the nearest. IL they are a fraction
over half way they 60 up: II . frac-
number Of their grade, but with an
Increase In pay. No one Is to be de-
creased IN pay. This mathematical
question Is elaborateiy explained by
McCarl with Illustrations. Government
executives were studying the regtila-
uons today with q view to putting them
into effect for the July Is pay.
Beard Asked for Reports.
The Personnel Classification Board. It
was learned today, had recently issued
circular to all Government establish
ments asking for reports on all persons
III certain grades, with view TO max
ing ALLEGATIONS" under the welch bin.
although the Personnel Classification
Board Is not mentioned by name In the
McCari regulations, 1t is understood the
boards attempts are blocked and yoided
An important feature of the regula-
tons Is that the old so-called average
provision" still operates under the new
WEIGH law. according to McCarl's in
depreciation, but the changes OF steps
made In the law make 1t possible for
the increases to be put into effect along
with the operation Of the average pro-
vision" This provision requires that
the average OF the total amount Of SAL
aries received by Government employees
IN any grade shall not exceed the aver
age OF the. total amount of salaries
named by law as the various steps in
that grade. This provision has been the
means OF holding down promotions. and,
II is understood, will stili be the means
oi controlling promotions In the future.
Dut VIII not prevent increases under the
WEIGH act.
Explaining the operation of the for
mula which will give all Government
employees their relative positions under
the new law and determine the salary
said:
In determining what IA the same
their respective grades as conten-
plated by the provision frat above
quoted from the amended statute.
there should be q comparison OF the
total number OF salary rates In COR
responding grades under the original
and amended statutes and compari-
| ron OF the relative place OF each posi-
ton In each corresponding grade. In
all cases In which the corresponding
grades under the original and amended
acts have the same number of salary
rates. the relative positioni under the
new schedule Is. of course, the position
having the corresponding salary-rate-
number AZ the rate ut which the em-
ploye was paid under the old schedule
as OF June 80. 1929.
Position Represented by Fraction.
where there are different number
OF salary rates In corresponding grades
under the old and new schedule the
relative place OF the position in the
grade under the original schedule may
be represented by fraction, the de-
nominator OF which is the total number
of salary rates In the grade and the
numerator OF which is the place IN the
grade Of the salary rate at which the
empioye IL paid. represented by one for
the minimum salary and 80 on. Then
the relative place OF such position In
the C0fregDOHdinu grade Under thR
schedule III the amended atatute will be
determined by Multiplying such fraction
by the whole number which represents
the total number Of salary rates In the
schedule under the amended statute.
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