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5 CFR 532.703 - Agency review. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 5 › Chapter I › Subchapter B › Part 532 › Subpart G › Section 532.703 5 CFR 532.703 - Agency review.
§ 532.703
Each agency shall establish a system processing an employee's application for review of the correctness of the series, grade or title of the employee's job.
Application for review will be hereafter referred to as an “application”.
In establishing the system required by this subpart, an agency, as aminimum, shall provide that the following requisites be met.
The provisions of the system shall be published and the agency's employees shall be informed where a published copy is available for review.
An application shall be in writing and contain the reasons the employee believes the position is erroneously graded.
An application may be filed at any time. However, when the application involves a downgrading or other job-grading action which resulted in a reduction in grade or loss or pay, in order to be entitled to retroactive corrective action, an employee must request a review under the provisions of this subpart within 15 calendar days of the effective date of the change to lower grade.
An employee may select a representative, and the employee and the representative, when the representative is also employed by the same agency, shall be granted a reasonable time in presenting the application and shall be assured freedom from restraint, interference, coercion, or reprisal in presenting the application.
An employee shall promptly furnish such facts as may be requested by the agency.
An application shall be canceled and the employee so notified in the following circumstances:
On receipt of a written request by the employee;
Failure of the employee to furnish required information or otherwise fail to proceed with the advancement of his application in a timely manner; however, instead of cancellation for failure by the employee to prosecute, the application may be adjudicated by the agency if the information is sufficient for that purpose; or
On notice that the employee has left the job, except when the employee would be entitled to the retroactive benefits including benefits allowable after the death of an employee appellant.
The application shall be processed and decided promptly. No more than one level of review may be established within an agency before a final decision is issued, and that level of review, when possible, must be above the level of classification authority which classified the position.
When an employee applies for a review of a downgrading or other job-grading action that resulted in a reduction of pay, and the decision of an agency reverses in whole or in part the downgrading or other job-grading action, the effective date of that decision shall be retroactive to the effective date of the action being reviewed when the initial application to the agency was submitted in accordance with paragraph (b)(3) of this section. However, when the agency decision raises the grade or level of the job above its grade or level immediately preceding the downgrading, retroactivity shall apply only to the extent of restoration to the grade or level immediately preceding the downgrading.
The right to a retroactive effective date is preserved when an agency finds that an employee was not notified of the applicable time limit for review and was not otherwise aware of the limit or that circumstances beyond the employee's control prevented filing the application within the prescribed time limit.
The effective date of a change in the series, title or grade of a job shall be specified in the agency decision and, unless otherwise required by this subpart, may not be earlier than the date of the decision. However, in no case may it be later than the beginning of the first pay period which begins after the 60th calendar day from the date the application was filed. However, when the agency decision will result in a downgrading or other job-grading action that will reduce the pay of the incumbent of the job, the effective date may not be set earlier than the date on which the decision can be effected in accordance with procedures required by applicable law and regulation. The retroactive reclassification may be based only on duties and responsibilities existing at the time of downgrading or loss of pay and not on duties and responsibilities later assigned.
When an application has been properly filed and the employee dies before the application has been processed, if a favorable decision would entitle the employee to retroactive corrective action, the application will beprocessed to completion after the employee's death and any appropriate corrective action made by amending the records of the agency.
The decision on an application shall:
Be based on the record,
Inform the employee either in the decision or as an attachment to the decision of the reasons for the decision, including an analysis of the employee's job,i.e., comparing the job with the appropriate standard, and
Inform the employee of the right to appeal the decision to the Office of Personnel Management and of the time limits within which the application must be filed.
The agency is responsible for compiling and maintaining a job-grading review file which will constitute the record and which will not contain any document or information which the employee has not been given an opportunity to review.
[46 FR 21344, Apr. 10, 1981, as amended at 51 FR 18561, May 21, 1986]
This is a list of United States Code sections, Statutes at Large, Public Laws, and Presidential Documents, which provide rulemaking authority for this CFR Part.This list is taken from the Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules provided by GPO [Government Printing Office].It is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date, though we do refresh the database weekly. More limitations on accuracy are described at the GPO site.United States CodeU.S. Code: Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES§ 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings§ 5343 - Prevailing rate determinations; wage schedules; night differentials§ 5346 - Job grading system
Title 5 published on 2015-01-01The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 5 CFR Part 532 after this date.2015-11-30; vol. 80 # 229 - Monday, November 30, 201580 FR 74673 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Harrisburg, PA and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-30308 RIN3206-AN18 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. Effective date: This regulation is effective on November 30, 2015. Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after December 30, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule that would redefine the geographic boundaries of the Harrisburg, PA, and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. The final rule will redefine Montour County, PA, from the Harrisburg wage area to the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre wage area. This change is based on a consensus recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC) to best match the county proposed for redefinition to a nearby FWS survey area.
80 FR 74715 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Newburgh, NY, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-30310 RIN3206-AN26 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule with request for comments. We must receive comments on or before December 30, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule that would abolish the Newburgh, New York, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and redefine Orange County, NY, to the New York, NY, survey area; Dutchess County, NY, to the New York area of application; Delaware and Ulster Counties, NY, to the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, area of application; and Sullivan County, NY, to the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, area of application. These changes are based on a recent consensus recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC) to best match the counties proposed for redefinition to nearby FWS survey areas.
2015-10-13; vol. 80 # 197 - Tuesday, October 13, 201580 FR 61277 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Special Wage Schedules for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flood Control Employees of the Vicksburg District in Mississippi
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-25895 RIN3206-AN17 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. Effective date: This regulation is effective on October 13, 2015. Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after December 14, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to establish special wage schedules specific to nonsupervisory, leader, and supervisory wage employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) who work at flood control dams (also known as reservoir projects) at the Vicksburg District of the Mississippi Valley Division. This final rule assigns lead agency responsibility for establishing and issuing these special wage schedules to the Department of Defense (DOD). The special wage schedules established will have rates of pay identical to the Memphis, TN, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage schedules and will be adjusted at the same times as those scheduled in the future.
2015-08-27; vol. 80 # 166 - Thursday, August 27, 201580 FR 51963 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of Hancock County, Mississippi, to a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-21193 RIN3206-AN20 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule with request for comments. We must receive comments on or before September 28, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule that would define Hancock County, Mississippi, as an area of application county to the Harrison, MS, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area. This change is necessary because there are four NAF FWS employees working in Hancock County, and the county is not currently defined to a NAF wage area.
2015-07-31; vol. 80 # 147 - Friday, July 31, 201580 FR 45616 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Harrisburg, PA and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-18746 RIN3206-AN18 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule with request for comments. We must receive comments on or before August 31, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule that would redefine the geographic boundaries of the Harrisburg, PA, and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. The proposed rule would redefine Montour County, PA, from the Harrisburg wage area to the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre wage area. This change is based on a recent consensus recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC) to best match the county proposed for redefinition to a nearby FWS survey area.
2015-07-14; vol. 80 # 134 - Tuesday, July 14, 201580 FR 40895 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Jacksonville, FL; Savannah, GA; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Richmond, VA; and Roanoke, VA, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-17212 RIN3206-AN15 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. Effective date: This regulation is effective on July 14, 2015. Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after August 13, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of the Jacksonville, FL; Savannah, GA; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Richmond, VA; and Roanoke, VA, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. The final rule redefines Brantley, Glynn, and Pierce Counties, GA, from the Jacksonville wage area to the Savannah wage area; Greene County, VA, from the Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg wage area to the Richmond wage area; and Nelson County, VA, from the Roanoke wage area to the Richmond wage area. These changes are based on consensus recommendations of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC) to best match the counties proposed for redefinition to a nearby FWS survey area.
2015-06-05; vol. 80 # 108 - Friday, June 5, 201580 FR 32042 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Special Wage Schedules for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flood Control Employees of the Vicksburg District in Mississippi
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-13778 RIN3206-AN17 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule with request for comments. We must receive comments on or before July 6, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to establish special wage schedules specific to nonsupervisory, leader, and supervisory wage employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) who work at flood control dams (also known as reservoir projects) at the Vicksburg District of the Mississippi Valley Division. The four lakes of the District are currently in two separate wage areas. The Department of Defense (DOD) would be assigned lead agency responsibility for establishing and issuing these special wage schedules. The special wage schedules would be established at the same time and with rates identical to the Memphis, TN, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage schedule.
2015-04-01; vol. 80 # 62 - Wednesday, April 1, 201580 FR 17307 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of the Portland, ME, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-07405 RIN3206-AN11 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. Effective date: This regulation is effective on April 1, 2015. Applicability date: FWS employees remaining in the Portland wage area will be transferred to the Portsmouth wage area schedule on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after May 1, 2015. For local wage survey purposes, this rule will add Androscoggin, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc Counties, ME, to the survey area for the Portsmouth, NH, wage area beginning with the full-scale wage survey scheduled to begin in September 2016. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to abolish the Portland, Maine, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and redefine Androscoggin, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc Counties, ME, to the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, survey area and Franklin and Oxford Counties, ME, and Coos County, NH, to the Portsmouth area of application. These changes are necessary because the closure of the Naval Air Station (NAS) Brunswick left the Portland wage area without an activity having the capability to conduct a local wage survey.
2015-03-23; vol. 80 # 55 - Monday, March 23, 201580 FR 15147 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Certain Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-06410 RIN3206-AN10 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. Effective date: This regulation is effective on March 23, 2015. Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after April 22, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of several appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas for pay-setting purposes. Based on recent reviews of Metropolitan Statistical Area boundaries in a number of wage areas, OPM is redefining the following wage areas: Washington, DC; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; Charlotte, NC; Columbia, SC, and Southwestern Wisconsin. In addition, this final rule makes three minor corrections to the Miami, FL; Columbus, GA, and Kansas City, MO, wage areas.
2015-02-02; vol. 80 # 21 - Monday, February 2, 201580 FR 5451 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Fort Wayne-Marion, IN, and Detroit, MI, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-01938 RIN3206-AN06 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Final rule. Effective date: This regulation is effective February 2, 2015. Applicability date: This change applies on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after March 4, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of the Fort Wayne-Marion, IN, and Detroit, MI, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. The final rule redefines Fulton County, OH, from the Fort Wayne-Marion wage area to the Detroit wage area. This change is based on a consensus recommendation of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC) to best match Fulton County to a nearby FWS survey area. In addition, this final rule adds La Crosse County, WI, to the survey area of the Southwestern Wisconsin wage area, which OPM inadvertently omitted in a final rule published in 2013.
80 FR 5487 - Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Jacksonville, FL; Savannah, GA; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Richmond, VA; and Roanoke, VA, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
typeregulations.gov FR Doc.2015-01937 RIN3206-AN15 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Proposed rule with request for comments. We must receive comments on or before March 4, 2015. 5 CFR Part 532 SummaryThe U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule that would redefine the geographic boundaries of the Jacksonville, FL; Savannah, GA; Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg, MD; Richmond, VA; and Roanoke, VA, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage areas. The proposed rule would redefine Brantley, Glynn, and Pierce Counties, GA, from the Jacksonville wage area to the Savannah wage area; Greene County, VA, from the Hagerstown-Martinsburg-Chambersburg wage area to the Richmond wage area; and Nelson County, VA, from the Roanoke wage area to the Richmond wage area. These changes are based on recent consensus recommendations of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee (FPRAC) to best match the counties proposed for redefinition to a nearby FWS survey area.