Part 531 - Pay Under the General Schedule  


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