Q: According to the Office of Personnel Management, if a government employee travels on a federal holiday then no additional compensation is allowed. I’m a National Security Personnel System employee and traveled on President’s Day. I know if I worked I would be entitled to “double” pay: holiday, plus regular pay. What applies to travel on Holidays for NSPS employees? A: To the best of my knowledge there is no exception to that rule. However, you’ll need to check with your own payroll office on the remote chance that an exception has been carved out for NSPS employees.
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Q: I am being required to travel on a federal holiday to attend training. My Human Resources department has advised me that I will not be given travel compensation time off or paid overtime based on a 2005 OPM directive. That is: “Although most employees do not receive holiday premium pay for time spent traveling on a holiday (or an “in lieu” holiday), an employee continues to be entitled to pay for the holiday in the same manner as if the travel were not required. Thus, employees may not earn compensatory time off for travel during basic (non-overtime) holiday hours…
Q: I am retired from the Army and receive retired pay and disability pay. I am also a civilian employee under the Federal Employees Retirement System. When I am eligible to retire, will I be paid my military retired pay, disability pay, retirement pay as a civilian employee and also receive my Social Security? Would it be advantageous to sell back my military time to incorporate it into my civilian time under FERS? If I do sell back my military time, do I forfeit continuance of my military retired pay? A: If you retire without making a deposit to the…
Q: I did not check the appropriate box for Superior Academic Achievement when I applied for my current position and was hired as a GS-05 instead of a GS-07 even though I am qualified as a GS-07. Is there any way around the bureaucracy to get my paygrade corrected? A: The matter rests exclusively between you and your agency. You’ll have to discuss the matter with your supervisor and someone in you personnel office.
Q: I was a GS-12, and when my organization reorganized, I was assigned to a different YA-02 position and not my original position, which was converted to a YC-02 position. I was told this was not a downgrade since I lost no pay or benefits. Now that the National Security Personnel System is ending, I understand that they must return me to my original grade and pay. The YA-02 position they assigned me to was a GS-10 before being converted to NSPS. Will they have to put me in another position that is a GS-12 since the NSPS YA-02 position…