2 U.S.C. § 297: Appointments and reclassificati…

Summary

When a House Employees Schedule (HS) employee is moved to a higher pay level by promotion or reclassification, they must be paid at the higher level using the first rule that fits. First, pay the lowest step in the new level whose amount equals the amount of the step two steps above the step they held before. If that does not work, pay the lowest step in the new level that is at least two steps higher than their previous pay. If neither applies, pay whichever is higher: the top step in the new level or their old pay. The committee may make rules to set the proper pay step for House Wage Schedule (HWS) employees who move to a higher pay level or are reclassified.

Title 2, §297

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(a)Each employee in a compensation level of the House Employees Schedule (HS), who is appointed to a position in a higher compensation level of such schedule, or whose position is placed in a higher compensation level of such schedule pursuant to a reclassification of such position, shall be paid compensation in such higher compensation level, in accordance with the following provisions, whichever is first applicable in the following numerical order of precedence:

(1)at the rate of the lowest step for which the rate of compensation equals the rate of compensation for that step, in the compensation level from which he is appointed, which is two steps above the step in such level which he had attained immediately prior to such appointment;

(2)at the rate of the lowest step for which the rate of compensation exceeds, by not less than two steps of the compensation level from which he is appointed, his rate of compensation immediately prior to such appointment; or

(3)at the rate of the highest step of such higher compensation level, or at his rate of compensation immediately prior to such appointment, whichever rate is the higher.

(b)The committee may provide by regulations for the payment of compensation, at an appropriate compensation step determined in accordance with such regulations, to each employee subject to the House Wage Schedule (HWS) who is appointed to a position in a higher compensation level of such schedule or whose position is placed in a higher compensation level of such schedule pursuant to a reclassification of such position.

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Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1965, see section 17 of Pub. L. 88–652, set out as a note under section 291 of this title.

§297 Appointments and Reclassifications to Higher Compensation Levels

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Title 2, §297

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