Date:
MEMORANDUM FOR: Supervisory Employee
FROM: Denise Robinson
Chief, Workforce Services Branch
Administrative Services Division
SUBJECT: Eligibility for Supervisory Performance Pay
This is to inform you that your placement in a supervisory position under the Commerce Alternative
Personnel System (CAPS) entitles you to earn supervisory performance pay. Specifically, as a CAPS
supervisor, you are eligible to earn a salary up to six percent higher than the maximum rate of Interval 3
of your pay band. The higher salary can be reached through performance pay increases granted through
the regular performance appraisal cycle.
Under CAPS, supervisory performance pay is considered a part of basic pay. The granting of supervisory
performance pay is not considered a promotion or a competitive action. Upon reassignment to a
position that no longer meets the CAPS definition of a supervisor (as defined in the Federal Register
Notice of December 24, 1997), supervisory performance pay will be canceled, and your salary will be
reduced accordingly. The cancellation of supervisory pay does not constitute an adverse action, and
there is no right of appeal under 5 U.S.C. Chapter 75. Pay retention under 5 U.S.C. 5363 will not apply.
Please sign the attached acknowledgment of receipt and turn it in with your new hire paperwork during
orientation.
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cc: BEA Human Capital Section
