5 C.F.R. § 532.403 New appointments.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 532—PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS
Subpart D—Pay Administration
§ 532.403 New appointments.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, a new appointment to a position shall be made at the minimum rate of the appropriate grade.
(b) An agency may make a new appointment at a rate above the minimum rate of the appropriate grade in recognition of an appointees' special qualifications.
(c) An agency shall make a new appointment at a step-rate above the minimum rate of a grade if the lead agency for the wage area has designated, in accordance with §532.249, a step-rate above the first step-rate of a grade as the minimum step-rate at which a position may be filled.
[46 FR 21344, Apr. 10, 1981, as amended at 58 FR 32274, June 9, 1993]
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