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Agency appraisal programs will identify who prepares the rating of
record and whose signature may appear on official documentation.
Generally, an individual who is in the best position to assess the
employee's performance,...
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No. An agency program must specify the length
of its minimum period and that minimum must fall within any limits
established
by the agency appraisal system. However, the outcomes of performance
appraisals
are applied in...
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Regulations do not require that performance plans
be established or performance ratings be provided for employees on
detail.
Agencies must determine how they will capture information about
employee
performance while on detail and how they...
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OPM regulations do not specify a minimum amount of time a supervisor
must be on the job before he/she may appraise an employee. In some
instances, agency performance appraisal programs may...
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Technically, there is no maximum length. The
regulations specify that appraisal periods shall generally be
designated
so that employees are provided a rating of record annually. Also,
the legislative
history of the Civil Service Reform...
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The regulations read "written, or otherwise
recorded." This language was chosen very deliberately to allow for
use of the newer electronic formats available today. Although
agencies do
not have to write performance appraisals on...
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No. The statute requires that each employee be
appraised against his or her performance standard(s). It does not
allow
for appraising an employee by "presuming" that an employee is
meeting performance standards. For the...
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There should be no significant difference between
managing the performance of a teleworker and managing the employee who
works in the office. The process for managing the performance of all
employees should...
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Yes. Pre-1995 regulations required higher-level
review of employee performance plans but the 1995 regulations no longer
require this review Governmentwide. However, many agencies have
retained
the higher-level review process in their programs because this...