Request for Reconsideration of Retroactive Promotion and Backpay

Lapse in Appropriations

Please note that a lapse in appropriations has caused GAO to shut down its operations. Therefore, GAO will not be able to publish reports or otherwise update this website until GAO resumes operations. In addition, the vast majority of GAO personnel are not permitted to work. Consequently, calls or emails to agency personnel may not be returned until GAO resumes operations. For details on how the bid protest process will be handled during the shutdown, please see the legal decisions page. For information related to the GAO Personnel Appeals Board (PAB), please see the PAB webpage.

Highlights

An employee claimed retroactive promotion and backpay for a period in which, he alleged, as a GS-12 he performed GS-13 duties. Since the employee did not meet time-in-grade requirements for a temporary promotion, he was not entitled to a retroactive promotion. He also was not entitled to backpay for the period of alleged wrongful position classification.