Acceptable Level of Competence Determinations. (1) Responsibility -- The determination to grant, withhold or deny a within-grade increase shall be made by appropriate supervisor.
(2) Determination -- Prior to the completion of the waiting period, the supervisor will inform the employee of a tentative determination based on current performance. If performance at that time is less than satisfactory, unless the employee is already under a warning period for performance, the supervisor will explain where performance is deficient and develop a performance improvement plan in accordance with this agreement.
Acceptable Level of Competence Determinations. A. This Article provides for acceptable level of competence determinations by the Employer for bargaining unit employees in General Schedule positions who are otherwise eligible for consideration for within-grade salary increases.
B. The Employer has determined that acceptable level of competence determinations will normally be made by an employee's immediate supervisor, and will be executed in a fair and objective manner. If an employee’s supervisor is leaving his/her position less than ninety days before an employee's acceptable level of competence determination is due, the employee will receive a performance appraisal by the departing supervisor prior to the supervisor's departure. An in-coming supervisor shall not make a determination on an employee until the supervisor has served in the position for a minimum of ninety calendar days. If the employee's immediate supervisor is precluded from making a determination by a reason of absence or any other reason or has not supervised the employee for a period of at least ninety calendar days, the determination shall be made by another higher level supervisor or management official familiar with the employee's work.
A. The Employer has determined that an employee is performing at an acceptable level of competence when the employee's performance during the waiting period is at ‘pass’ level, as described in Article 16, Section 2.K.
B. An employee who is not being paid at the maximum rate of his/her grade is entitled to be advanced in pay to the next higher rate of basic pay upon meeting the following three requirements established by law or higher level regulation: (1) the employee must have completed the required waiting period for advancement to the next rate of his/her grade; (2) the employee may not have received an equivalent increase during the waiting period; and (3) the employee's performance must be determined to have been at an acceptable level of competence during the waiting period.
A. The acceptable level of competence determination shall be based on an employee's performance of the duties and responsibilities of his/her assigned position or positions during the waiting period (except as noted in Section 3.C, below) and shall be communicated to the employee in writing as soon as possible after completion of the waiting period. If the determination is favorable to the employee, the determination shall be effective on the first day of the first pay period following completion of the waiting period, pr...
