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Title 5Administrative PersonnelPart / Section
Chapter IOffice of Personnel Management1 – 1199
Subchapter BCivil Service Regulations110 – 990
Part 531Pay Under the General Schedule531.201 – 531.611
Subpart BDetermining Rate of Basic Pay531.201 – 531.247
General Provisions531.201 – 531.207
§ 531.201Purpose.
§ 531.202Coverage.
§ 531.203Definitions.
§ 531.204Entitlement to other rates of pay.
§ 531.205Converting pay upon change in location of employee's official worksite.
§ 531.206Order of processing simultaneous pay actions.
§ 531.207Applying annual pay adjustments.
Setting Pay When Appointment or Position Changes531.211 – 531.217
§ 531.211Setting pay for a newly appointed employee.
§ 531.212Superior qualifications and special needs pay-setting authority.
§ 531.213Setting pay upon change in position without a change in grade.
§ 531.214Setting pay upon promotion.
§ 531.215Setting pay upon demotion.
§ 531.216Setting pay when an employee moves from a Department of Defense or Coast Guard nonappropriated fund instrumentality.
§ 531.217Special conversion rules for certain non-GS employees.
Using a Highest Previous Rate Under the Maximum Payable Rate Rule531.221 – 531.223
§ 531.221Maximum payable rate rule.
§ 531.222Rates of basic pay that may be used as the highest previous rate.
§ 531.223Rates of basic pay that may not be used as the highest previous rate.
Special Rules for GM Employees531.241 – 531.247
§ 531.241Retaining and losing GM status.
§ 531.242Setting pay upon loss of GM status.
§ 531.243Promotion of a GM employee.
§ 531.244Adjusting a GM employee's rate at the time of an annual pay adjustment.
§ 531.245Computing locality rates and special rates for GM employees.
§ 531.246Within-grade increases for GM employees.
§ 531.247Maximum payable rate rule for GM employees.