Category Archives: Higher Graded Details
JOAN, ETHEL, FEDSMILL AND TEMPORARY PROMOTION BACK PAY Almost 18 months ago, on July 29, 2022, we spelled out why OPM was wrong to prohibit paying employees detailed or otherwise assigned to higher graded work for more than 120 days … Continue reading
RETROACTIVE PAY FOR TEMPORARY PROMOTION & $377,000 MORE What do you do if your supervisor dumps a bundle of higher graded work on you, but refuses to give you a temporary promotion for doing it? Fight! That’s what you do. … Continue reading
FLRA AMISTAD PRECEDENT SCUTTLED A good argument can be made that the previous White House staffed the FLRA with appointees eager to punish unions and employees for political purposes. One of their more notorious revenge efforts was aimed at an … Continue reading
DON’T MAKE THIS HGDG GRIEVANCE MISTAKE One of the more satisfying grievances to win for employees is a claim that they be paid for doing work above their normal salary grade. Often these are called Higher Graded Duty Grievances (HGDG), … Continue reading