Description:
Formerly titled: Federal Pay Setting
Acquire the knowledge necessary to set and administer pay for General Schedule (GS) employees. Learn how to implement and apply the complex array of pay administration rules, including those related to new appointments; reinstatement and reassignments; transfers and conversions; promotions and changes to lower grade; pay changes; recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives; superior qualifications; grade and pay retention and severance pay; and movement between pay systems.
Who Should Attend?
Federal personnel who set pay or give advice on setting pay.
Level:
Intermediate
Tuition:
2024 classes:
Virtual Instructor-Led: $1,349
Self-paced (with instructor assistance): $1,099
2025 classes:
Virtual Instructor-Led: $1,349
Self-paced (with instructor assistance): $1,349
Credits:
Virtual Instructor-Led: 1.8 CEUs
Self-paced (with instructor assistance): 4.0 CEUs
Class Type:
This course is currently being offered in the following training modalities:
- Online
- OnDemand – PADM7002A
- Class Length: Students have 6 months to complete any self-paced course.
- Virtual Instructor-Led - STAF9002A
- Class Length: This class is listed as a 3-day course.
- OnDemand – PADM7002A
- On-site
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain GS pay-setting policies and requirements
- Apply pay-setting rules and requirements that encompass the federal pay-setting cycle
- Set pay for a wide variety of personnel actions
Course Outline
Module 1
- The General Schedule System, New Appointments, Reinstatements, and Transfers and Conversions
Module 2
- Reassignments and Promotions
Module 3
- Changes to Lower Grade, Grade and Pay Retention
Module 4
- Pay Changes and Severance Pay
Module 5
- Changes Between Pay Systems
Module 6
- Allowances and Differentials, Hiring and Retention Incentives, and Back Pay
