Statement of Purpose and Justification and Section-by-section Analysis of the Legislation Requested by the United States Civil Service Commission to Terminate Cost-of-living Allowances for Statutory-salaried Federal Civilian Employees in Nonforeign Areas: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives. February 5, 1964 |
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allowances for statutory-salaried authorized under section base pay base salary rates basis of living Bureau of Labor Chairman CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Classification Act COMMITTEE ON POST comparability with private compensation of employees currently paid effective date employee's pay employees in Alaska employees in nonforeign employees paid enterprise salary levels enterprise salary rates extent warranted Federal civilian employees Federal Salary Reform grade levels gross compensation H. R. GROSS Hawaii higher rates Independent Offices Appropriation January 23 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL living costs MORRIS K nonforeign areas OFFICE AND CIVIL Offices Appropriation Act pay additional compensation percent prescribe by regulation private enterprise salaries proposed bill proposed legislation provide authority Puerto Rico PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION rates higher rates under section reassigned recruit and retain reduced Salary Reform Act SECTION ANALYSIS seventh rate significantly handicap STATEMENT OF PURPOSE statutory-salaried employees statutory-salaried Federal civilian subsection survey findings terminate cost-of-living allowances TOM MURRAY U.S. CIVIL SERVICE Virgin Islands Washington
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Page 1 - Seattle had living costs which were some 7 percent above those in Washington, DC It is neither logical nor fair to continue to reflect the difference between living costs in Washington, DC, and those in Anchorage, Honolulu, and San Juan in the gross compensation of...
Page 1 - ... salaries. Section 504 of the act provides authority to establish higher rates of pay for statutory-salaried Federal employees when private enterprise salaries are so substantially above the salary rates appearing in the compensation schedules as to significantly handicap the Government in recruiting and retaining wellqualified personnel. This authority has been used sparingly on an occupational basis in a number of localities and for some occupations on a nationwide basis. It can be used where...
Page 3 - ... minimum rate may be fixed at a rate higher than the seventh rate of the statutory range. Private enterprise rates are so high in Alaska that in order to provide comparable Federal salary rates, minimum rates higher than the seventh rate of the statutory range may be required at some or all levels. The proposed bill contains a provision clarifying the authority of the President to regulate regarding the fixing of pay of employees who are reassigned, promoted, or demoted from or to positions for...
Page 3 - ... amount of the retained allowance is reduced over the phasing-out period the employee will lose the advantage of its tax-free character. The effect of this change will vary from employee to employee and will be felt more by the employees at higher salary levels than at lower levels. Because the allowance is currently paid on the basis of total base pay, this tax-free characteristic makes the payments very generous. In light of this and because of the varying impact on different employees, it is...
Page 4 - President or such agency or agencies as he may designate may, by regulation, prescribe the rate of basic compensation to be received by an employee who is transferred, reassigned, demoted, or promoted to or from a position to which increased rates authorized by this section apply." SEC. 4. Section 1009 of the Federal Salary Reform Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 868; 5 USC 1113, note) is amended to read as follows: "Except as provided in section 1005, and except in Alaska, no rate of compensation which exceeds...
Page 3 - ... change to or from a position for which increased rates are authorized. This authority is needed so that regulations can be issued which will prevent an employee who is paid at an increased rate authorized for a particular area, Alaska, for example, from being paid at that increased rate when he is transferred and promoted to an area to which the increased rate does not apply. The authority is not limited to cases involving movement from one geographic area to another because, except where equitable...
Page 3 - The bill provides general authority to regulate with respect to the fixing of an employee's pay upon change to or from a position for which increased rates are authorized. This authority is needed so that regulations can be issued which will prevent an employee who is paid at an increased rate authorized for a particular area, Alaska, for example, from being paid at that increased rate when he is transferred or transferred and promoted to an area to which the increased rate does not apply.
Page 1 - Adoption of the comparability principle is a recognition of the fact that in order to recruit and retain well-qualified personnel the Government must be able to pay salaries reasonably related to those paid by private employers for work of a similar level of difficulty. The Federal Government competes with industry for personnel to staff its offices and installations. By basing Federal salaries on a comparison with salary levels in private enterprise, other factors such as living costs are indirectly...