Feds Are Denied Step Increases In Just 1 of Every 1,000 Cases
Within-grade pay raises are nearly automatic rather than a true appraisal tool, board finds.
Senior Correspondent
Federal agencies deny their employees a step increase and corresponding pay bump just once in every 1,000 opportunities to do so, according to a new report, which found supervisors often fail to properly assess whether the reward is warranted.
Each of the 15 grades in the General Schedule the pay system for most federal workers has 10 steps, each of which corresponds to a distinct pay level. Employees are only eligible to move up to the next step if they demonstrate an “acceptable level of competence,” though a Merit Systems Protection Board study released on Monday found many agencies have failed to implement a process to ensure compliance with that baseline standard.
Vaccine equity for people of color should be a priority in California
Public Health Advocates for Anti-Racism in COVID-19 Response
March 3, 2021
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Health care workers line up to get a COVID-19 vaccine at a Vaccination Super Station which opened at Tailgate Park, providing large-scale COVID-19 vaccinations to San Diego s health care community on on Jan. 11 in San Diego.K.C. Alfred / San Diego Union-Tribune / TNS
COVID-19 has disproportionately affected people of color in case rates, hospitalizations and deaths. Despite this, people of color are getting vaccinated at significantly lower rates. Structural racism and COVID-19 are, together, creating a syndemic for Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans. On top of that is a justifiable lack of trust among the communities most at risk stemming from racist practices and policies in our public health and health care delivery systems.