Subchapter 4500 - Recruitment and Retention Incentives Section G - Pay for Critical Positions |
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Conditions |
In exceptional circumstances, you may request authority to fix the rate of basic pay for one or more positions designated as critical positions. Critical position pay (CPP) (up to the rate for level I of the Executive Schedule) will be granted only for positions that:
Note: An employee receiving CPP is not eligible for locality based comparability payments or interim geographic adjustments. |
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Justification Criteria |
To justify to OMB that a position should be designated as a critical position, you must first evaluate, with the help of HRD and your SPO classifier, the need to designate the position as critical by assessing:
Provide an assessment of why you could not, through diligent and comprehensive recruitment efforts and without using CPP, fill the position within a reasonable period with an individual who could perform the duties and responsibilities in a manner sufficient to ensure successful performance of the agency's mission. This assessment must include a justification as to why you could not, as an effective alternative to CPP, use:
Document the effect on the accomplishment of important agency missions if the position is not designated as a critical position. Include such other information as you deem appropriate to demonstrate that CPP is needed to recruit or retain an employee for the position. Also provide the following:
HRD must keep this information along with that required in Section A. |
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Process for Requesting Pay for Critical Positions |
You should follow this process to request CPP:
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Approval Authority |
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with Office of Personnel Management (OPM), has the authority to approve CPP up to the rate for level I of the Executive Schedule. Requests to set pay in an amount greater than level I of the Executive Schedule require Presidential approval. If HRD (in consultation with management) initially sets the pay for a critical position at less than that authorized by OMB, then subsequent pay adjustments, up to the maximum amount authorized by OMB, may be made without additional OPM approval. |
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