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QUALIFICATIONS PAY
KEY FEATURES • This provision authorizes NASA to pay General Schedule employees at any step within the pay range for the grade of the position when the employee is assigned to a new position or is assigned new duties, and the employee possesses unusually high or unique qualifications for the job. • When this pay incentive is used to assign a current NASA employee to a new set or duties or position, a written determination must be made that the employee’s contributions in the new position exceed those in the former position. • Pay set under this provision is considered part of the employee’s basic rate of pay. • If an employee serves at least one year in a position for which qualifications pay was authorized (or a successor position), that rate of pay may be used to set pay in succeeding actions. However, if an employee fails to complete a year in that position, his or her pay will be set in the new position as if that pay incentive had not be granted. • Prior to using this authority, NASA must submit a plan to OPM that describes the criteria and process for approving qualifications pay. |