Recruitment Incentive
An authorized management official may make recruitment payments up to what percent of an employee’s rate of basic pay without OPM approval?
25%
Who will agencies pay monies to when an employee has an outstanding qualified student loan
The loan holder
Name the two situations which allow for an employee to receive an advance in pay
New hire & relocation to a foreign area
A DoD Component may pay travel and transportation expenses for a new appointee or student trainee for their first _______ _________ _________
Permanent Duty Station (PDS)
An agency may provide training to non-temporary employees that in certain instances may lead to what?
A Promotion
An authorized management official must make one of these if a position is likely to be difficult to fill without the use of a recruitment incentive
A written determination
An employee must sign a written service- agreement to a paying agency for a period of a least how long?
Three years
The timeframe for which a new hire is allowed to receive an advance in pay.
No earlier than the date of appointment and no later than 60 days after appointment.
These types of scouting trips are NOT allowable travel allowances to first-duty station
House Hunting Trips
These types of educational programs may provide employees with the opportunity to quickly acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to qualify for a position at a higher grade than their current position?
Accelerated Training
This terminates if an employee is demoted, separated for cause or receives a less than fully successful rating of record?
Service-agreement
SLRP cannot exceed $ __________ per calendar year or a total of $ _____________ per employee.
$10,000 per calendar year, total of $60,000 per employee
Up to how many month’s pay can be advanced to an employee assigned to a post in a foreign area?
Up to three month’s pay
A civilian employee that returns to the Government after a break in service may be paid what percentage of first-duty station travel and transportation expenses?
100%
An employee under a training agreement established IAW OPM’s operating manual may not receive more than how many promotions in any 52- week period?
Two promotions
At the end of the specified service period this one time payment method may be given to an employee as a recruitment incentive
Final Lump Sum Payment
Who will DoD Components furnish implementing guidance to when a plan is issued or revised?
Deputy Assist Secretary of Defense (DASD) of Civilian Personnel Policy (CPP)
This document serves as the request, authorization and voucher
SF-1190
Because this incentive is ______________, the agency should consider availability of funds for a particular job or the feasibility of offering a recruitment incentive before authorizing any payments.
Discretionary
The established training programs must be made consistent with what principles?
Merit System Principles