WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. Section 1. This Article and appropriate law, regulation or procedure governs within grade step increases.
WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. Section 1. This Article and appropriate law, regulation or procedure governs within grade step increases. A supervisor’s failure to complete an employee’s evaluation shall not be used as a basis to deny the employee’s increment.
WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. SECTION 1. This Article covers employees eligible for within-grade increases (WGI). Except as otherwise provided below, eligible employees are entitled to a WGI if they: (1) have completed the waiting period required by applicable law and regulation; (2) have not received an equivalent increase during the required waiting period; and, (3) have, in regard to their current position, a summary rating of acceptable.
WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. (WGIs) & Upward Mobility Promotions
WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. The Employee will be granted a within grade increase in accordance with Agency and Department regulations if the performance rating of record is “fully successful” or higher. If a within grade increase is denied, the Employee will be notified in writing of the right to request reconsideration from the appropriate servicing office. The Employee has the right to representation and may respond orally and/or in writing to the denial. If the denial is sustained upon reconsideration, the Employee will be notified in writing of the right to appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. Where applicable, within grade increases (WIGI) will be processed in accordance with regulation.
WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. Section 1 -
WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. An employee who has met time-in-grade requirements and attained a rating of at least "Successful," has achieved an "acceptable level of competency," and will be entitled to appropriate within-grade increases.
WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. Section 1 - General Pursuant to 5 USC 5335, an employee is entitled to receive a within-grade increase subject to completion of the appropriate waiting period and a determination that the employee’s work is of an acceptable level of competence. Such determination must be made upon completion of the waiting period.
WITHIN GRADE INCREASES. Within-grade increases (WGs) or step increases are periodic increases in a General Schedule (GS) employee’s rate of basic pay from one step of the grade of his or her position to the next higher step of that grade. For WGI purposes, an employee’s rate of basic pay is the rate of pay fixed by law or administrative action for the position held by the employee before any deductions and exclusive of additional pay of any kind. WGs apply only to GS employees occupying permanent positions. "Permanent position" is defined in 5 C.F.R. § 531.403 as a position filled by an employee whose appointment is not designated as temporary and does not have a definite time limitation of one year or less. "Permanent position" includes a position to which an employee is promoted on a temporary or term basis for at least one year. The term does not include a position filled by an employee whose appointment is limited to one year or less and subsequently extended so that the total time of the appointment exceeds one year.
