[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR511.702]

[Page 341]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 511_CLASSIFICATION UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart G_Effective Dates of Position Classification Actions or 
                                Decisions
 
Sec. 511.702  Agency or Office classification appeal decisions.

    (a) Subject to Sec. 511.703, the effective date of a change in the 
classification of a position resulting from a classification appeal 
decision by either an agency or the Office is not earlier than the date 
of the decision and not later than the beginning of the fourth pay 
period following the date of the decision, except when a subsequent date 
is specifically provided in the decision.
    (b) The implementation of the decision may be suspended by the 
Office when it determines before the effective date that a review of the 
decision is warranted. The determination to suspend implementation may 
be made by:
    (1) The regional director, or a designee, when the appellate 
decision is made by an agency under the jurisdiction of the region; or
    (2) The Assistant Director, Agency Compliance and Evaluation, or the 
Chief, Classification Appeals Office when the appellate decision is made 
within the central office, by a region or by an agency; or
    (3) The Director with respect to any appellate decision.

Suspending the implementation does not change the effective date of the 
decision except when the original decision requires that the grade or 
pay of the position be reduced and the employee is not entitled to grade 
or pay retention.
    (c) When the original decision requires that the grade or pay 
position be reduced and the employee is not entitled to grade or pay 
retention, the reviewing authority, if sustaining the original decision, 
shall issue a new certificate and the effective date of the new 
certificate shall be not earlier than the date of the new decision and 
not later than the beginning of the fourth pay period following the date 
of the new decision, unless a subsequent date is specifically stated in 
the new decision.