When an employee is reassigned, reduced in grade, promoted, or otherwise permanently or temporarily changed to a position in another salary schedule, see Exhibit 418 for grades that are equivalent for pay purposes. This chart determines the appropriate Nature of Action (NOA) triggered when processing a PS Form 50, Notification of Personnel Action. Special salary handling during an involuntary reduction in grade involving bargaining unit employees is performed in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
Exhibit 418
Equivalent Grades
EEAS
VPay Band
UAttorney
FPTPO-56/ RMPO-56
G(APWU)Postal Nurses
M(NPMHU)Mail Handlers
N(APWU)Information/Technology, Accounting Service
P, C, K (APWU)Postal ServiceMail Equipment Shops & Material Distribution, & Operating Services
Q(NALC)City Carriers
R(NRLCA)Rural Carriers
YPostal Police Officers
-
X*
3
4
6 , 7, 8
5
9, 10
6
11, 12
1
13
7
2
14
8
15
9
16
17
18
10
19
11
20
21
18B
22
23
24
25
26
01
02
* X signifies a single–level schedule.
EQUIVALENT GRADE DETERMINATION —To use the chart:
Step 1. In the horizontal list at the top, locate the salary schedule and grade of the employee’s position before the change action.
Step 2. Cross over to the salary schedule into which the employee is being assigned.
Step 3. Determine the nature of the placement action from the following:
If the new grade is… Then the placement action is…
On the same line as the previous grade Lateral reassignment to an equivalent grade.
On a lower line than the previous grade Promotion.
On a higher line than the previous grade Reduction in grade (change to lower level).
The number of lines on the chart between the old grade and the new grade is considered to be the number of grades changed for the purpose of calculating promotions or reductions in grade.
