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ELM Revision: Exhibit 418.1, Equivalent Grades

Effective immediately, Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) Exhibit 418.1, Equivalent Grades, is revised to reflect:

n The one-pay-level upgrade, effective February 16, 2008, for rate schedules: P – Postal Service, C – Mail Equipment Shops and Material Distribution, and K – Operating Services.

n The addition of a new rate schedule: V – Pay Band.

n The modification of rate schedule E – EAS to move all EAS levels, beginning with level 17, downward by two positions, and the corresponding shift of rate schedule: U – Attorneys to maintain equivalency with EAS 25.

Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)

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4 Pay Administration

410 Pay Administration Policy for Nonbargaining Unit Employees

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418 Assignment to a Different Salary Schedule

418.1 Equivalent Grades

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Exhibit 418.1

[Revise Exhibit 418.1 as follows:]

 

C Mail Equipment
Shops & Material Distribution

E EAS

V Pay Band

U Attorney

F A–E Postmasters

G Postal Nurses

K Operating Services

M Mail Handlers

N Information/
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T Tool & Die Shop

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* 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.

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We will incorporate this revision into the next printed version of the ELM and into the next online update, available on the Postal Service™ PolicyNet website:

n Go to http://blue.usps.gov.

n Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click PolicyNet.

n Click Manuals.

(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)

The ELM is also available on the Postal Service Internet:

n Go to www.usps.com.

n Click About USPS and News, then under “What We Do,” click Forms & Publications, then Postal Periodicals and Publications, and then Manuals.

— Compensation, Human Resources, 5-7-09




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