| n Postponing Within-Grade-Increase |
An employee must have a current rating of record of "Results Acheived" in order to be granted a WGI.
Personnel actions affecting WGIs are generated automatically in the Personnel Office
unless the supervisor has identified a performance problem with the employee, in which
case it may be postponed or withheld.
The following are the waiting periods required to move from one step to the next for
General Schedule and Federal Wage System employees.
Waiting Period for General Schedule (GS) (full-time):
- For advancement to steps 2, 3, and 4 - 52 calendar weeks
- For advancement to steps 5, 6, and 7 - 104 calendar weeks
- For advancement to steps 8, 9, and 10 - 156 calendar weeks
| REF: n 5 CFR 531 n 5 CFR 532 |
- For advancement to step 2, 26 calendar weeks in step 1
- For advancement to step 3, 78 calendar weeks in step 2
- For advancement to step 4 and 5, 104 calendar weeks in step 3 and 4, respectively.
