OPM Authority
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may establish higher rates of basic payspecial
ratesfor a group or category of General Schedule (GS) positions in one or
more geographic areas to address existing or likely significant handicaps in recruiting
or retaining well-qualified employees. OPM may establish special rates for nearly
any category of employeei.e., by series, specialty, grade-level, and/or geographic
area.
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Criteria
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OPM may establish special rates to address staffing problems caused by
- significantly higher non-Federal pay rates than those payable by the Federal Government
within the area, location, or occupational group involved;
- the remoteness of the area or location involved;
- the undesirability of the working conditions or nature of the work involved; or
- any other circumstances OPM considers appropriate.
Additional information on establishing and adjusting special rates is contained
in OPM regulations at 5 CFR 530.304. |
Agency Headquarters Approval
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Special rate requests must include the information required by OPM's
Worksheet for Special Rate Requests, Form 1397 . The requests must come to OPM through agency headquarters.
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Resources
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5 U.S.C 5305 and 5 CFR part 530, subpart C
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