The Office of Personnel Management sets position classification standards for determining the series and grade and, consequently, the basic pay for General Schedule positions. Position classification standards are developed for broad occupational groupings. These standards are called “job family standards.”
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Generally, employees who are not at the highest step of their grade are entitled to receive the within-grade raise authorized for the next step of their position as long as they: complete the required waiting period, have received at least a “fully successful” (or equivalent) rating for their most recent performance appraisal period, and did not receive an equivalent increase in pay during the waiting period.
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A quality step increase is a one-step increase to basic pay to recognize employees in the General Schedule who have received the highest available rating of record and meet agency criteria, and provide faster than normal progression through the step rates of the General Schedule.
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