§ 531.307 - Continuation of a special law enforcement adjusted rate of pay.

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, the dollar amount of a special law enforcement adjusted rate of pay that was calculated under regulations which included nationwide or worldwide special salary rates established under 5 U.S.C. 5305 in the definition of “scheduled annual rate of pay” shall not be reduced.

(b) At the time of an adjustment in pay under 5 U.S.C. 5303, a special law enforcement adjusted rate of pay continued under paragraph (a) of this section shall be increased by the lesser of—

(1) The dollar amount of the adjustment (including a zero adjustment) made under 5 U.S.C. 5303 in the General Schedule rate of basic pay for the employee's grade and step (or relative position in the rate range); or

(2) The dollar amount of the adjustment (including a zero adjustment) in the special salary rate applicable to the employee as a result of the annual review of special rates required by 5 CFR 530.304.

(c) When an employee who is receiving a special law enforcement adjusted rate of pay continued under paragraph (a) of this section moves to a position in another special pay adjustment area to which a lesser special pay adjustment factor is applicable under § 531.302(a), the continued rate shall be reduced. The reduced continued rate shall be derived by—

(1) Determining the special law enforcement adjusted rate of pay to which the employee would have been entitled immediately before the employee's continued rate was first established if the special pay adjustment factor for the new area had been applicable; and

(2) Adjusting that rate as required under paragraph (b) of this section during the intervening period.

(d) A special law enforcement adjusted rate of pay that is continued under this section terminates on the date any of the conditions specified in § 531.304(f) is satisfied or on the date an employee is reduced in grade or is no longer in a position covered by a nationwide or worldwide special rate authorization (or, in the event of the conversion of a nationwide or worldwide special rate authorization to a local special rate authorization, a position covered by the new local special rate authorization).