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Performance awards are lump-sum cash awards based on ratings of record of Level 3 (Fully Successful or equivalent) or higher. Rating-based performance awards are included among the various types of...
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Yes. Under sections 4502(a) and (b) of title 5, United States Code, and the implementing regulations, such awards always have been subject to the Office of Personnel Management and Presidential...
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Technically, yes. A "pass" rating in a two-level appraisal program is a Level 3 (Fully Successful or equivalent) summary level. The law at section 4505a of title 5, United States...
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Yes. Under the authority of section 4505a of title 5, United States Code agencies may pay performance-based cash awards to GS only. Agencies that are not covered by the provisions...
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Performance awards, as the terminology is used, refer to cash awards granted on the basis of the rating of record, which generally summarizes the employee's performance over an extended period...
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Yes. The regulations at 5 CFR 451.101(e) allow agencies to grant performance-based cash awards under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 4505a to eligible non-GS employees who are covered by 5...