Part 531 - Pay Under the General Schedule
Part 531 up to date from eCFR as of Apr 28, 2025; last amended Apr 1, 2024.
Table of Contents
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Subpart A - Subpart A [Reserved]
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Subpart B - Determining Rate of Basic Pay
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General Provisions
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§ 531.201 Purpose.
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§ 531.202 Coverage.
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§ 531.203 Definitions.
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§ 531.204 Entitlement to other rates of pay.
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§ 531.205 Converting pay upon change in location of employee's official worksite.
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§ 531.206 Order of processing simultaneous pay actions.
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§ 531.207 Applying annual pay adjustments.
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Setting Pay When Appointment or Position Changes
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§ 531.211 Setting pay for a newly appointed employee.
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§ 531.212 Superior qualifications and special needs pay-setting authority.
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§ 531.213 Setting pay upon change in position without a change in grade.
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§ 531.214 Setting pay upon promotion.
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§ 531.215 Setting pay upon demotion.
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§ 531.216 Setting pay when an employee moves from a Department of Defense or Coast Guard nonappropriated fund instrumentality.
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§ 531.217 Special conversion rules for certain non-GS employees.
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Using a Highest Previous Rate Under the Maximum Payable Rate Rule
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§ 531.221 Maximum payable rate rule.
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§ 531.222 Rates of basic pay that may be used as the highest previous rate.
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§ 531.223 Rates of basic pay that may not be used as the highest previous rate.
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Special Rules for GM Employees
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§ 531.241 Retaining and losing GM status.
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§ 531.242 Setting pay upon loss of GM status.
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§ 531.243 Promotion of a GM employee.
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§ 531.244 Adjusting a GM employee's rate at the time of an annual pay adjustment.
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§ 531.245 Computing locality rates and special rates for GM employees.
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§ 531.246 Within-grade increases for GM employees.
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§ 531.247 Maximum payable rate rule for GM employees.
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Subpart C - Subpart C [Reserved]
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Subpart D - Within-Grade Increases
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§ 531.401 Principal authorities.
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§ 531.402 Employee coverage.
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§ 531.403 Definitions.
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§ 531.404 Earning within-grade increase.
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§ 531.405 Waiting periods for within-grade increase.
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§ 531.406 Creditable service.
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§ 531.407 Equivalent increase determinations.
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§ 531.409 Acceptable level of competence determinations.
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§ 531.410 Reconsideration of a negative determination.
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§ 531.411 Continuing evaluation after withholding a within-grade increase.
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§ 531.412 Effective date of a within-grade increase.
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§ 531.413 Reports and evaluation of within-grade increase authority.
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§ 531.414 Interim within-grade increase.
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Subpart E - Quality Step Increases
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§ 531.501 Applicability.
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§ 531.502 Definitions.
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§ 531.503 Purpose of quality step increases.
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§ 531.504 Level of performance required for quality step increase.
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§ 531.505 Restrictions on granting quality step increases.
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§ 531.506 Effective date of a quality step increase.
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§ 531.507 Agency responsibilities.
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§ 531.508 Evaluation of quality step increase authority.
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Subpart F - Locality-Based Comparability Payments
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§ 531.601 Purpose.
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§ 531.602 Definitions.
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§ 531.603 Locality pay areas.
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§ 531.604 Determining an employee's locality rate.
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§ 531.605 Determining an employee's official worksite.
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§ 531.606 Maximum limits on locality rates.
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§ 531.607 Computing hourly, daily, weekly, and biweekly locality rates.
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§ 531.608 Relationship of locality rates to other pay rates.
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§ 531.609 Adjusting or terminating locality rates.
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§ 531.610 Treatment of locality rate as basic pay.
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§ 531.611 Miscellaneous provisions.
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Subpart G - Subpart G [Reserved]