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Classification Appeals

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These pages summarize the Federal position classification appeals process. Throughout these pages, "you" refers to a current Federal employee, "we" or "us" refers to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and "classification appeal" refers to classification appeals by General Schedule (GS) employees and job grading appeals by Federal Wage System (FWS) employees.

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APPEALS PROCESS
Who does what?
Position classification appeals employee fact sheet for current Federal employees

 Searching law and regulations online

 What may be appealed and what may not be appealed?

 What you should do before you appeal

 What are a current Federal employee's appeal choices?

 Why you may not file a classification appeal electronically

 Information that should be included in a classification appeal filed with OPM

 Information that should be included in the Agency Administrative Report
OPM fact finding

 What is an OPM appeal decision based on?

 What happens after OPM makes a decision?

 Classification appeals, retroactive effective dates, and back pay

 What is the likely result of a classification appeal?

 Cancellation or withdrawal of an appeal

 OPM addresses, telephone numbers, and service areas for offices that provide classification appeal information and accept classification appeals

 Contacting us electronically

 

TWO COMMON QUESTIONS
 
How can there be positions with similar work but different classifications?

 If my position is upgraded, am I entitled to back pay?

FURTHER READING 
Introduction (PDF) (WP 5.1) to the Position Classification Standards, especially Appendix 4--Position Classification Appeals 

Classifier's Handbook (PDF) (WP 5.1)
 
General Schedule classification documents
 
Federal Wage System classification documents

CLASSIFICATION APPEAL DECISIONS

DIGESTS OF SIGNIFICANT CLASSIFICATION DECISIONS AND OPINIONS

You may not file a classification or
job grading appeal electronically.

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