Chapter 29 - Bonuses and Awards

1 29-1. Chapter 29. Bonuses , Awards and Other Incentives (Natures of Action 815, 816, 817, 825, 827, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 878, 879, 885, 886, 887, and 889). Contents Page 1. Coverage ..29-3. 2. Separation Incentives ..29-3. 3. Presidential Rank Awards ..29-3. 4. All Other Bonuses , Awards , and Incentives ..29-3. Table 29 Bonuses , Awards , and Page 29-2 is blank. 29-3. Chapter 29. Bonuses , Awards and Other Incentives 1. Coverage. Resources Reporting Requirements,< for specific instructions.

2 A. Actions covered. This Chapter covers the following time off and cash 2. Separation Incentive. payment actions that do not affect an employee's rate of basic pay: a. Effective Date. Separation Incentives are payments authorized to 815/Recruitment Incentive, encourage employees to separate voluntarily 816/Relocation Incentive, to avoid or reduce the need for involuntary 817/Student Loan Repayment, separations. These actions are effective on 825/Separation Incentive, the same date as the employee's separation. 827/Retention Incentive, 840/Individual Cash Award RB, b.

3 Standard Form 52. Use of the 841/Group Award Ch 45, Standard Form 52, Request for Personnel 842/Individual Suggestion/Invention Action, to process these actions is not Award (only those recognized with cash), required. Follow your agency's instructions. 843/Group Suggestion/Invention Award (only those recognized with cash), c. Standard Form 50. These actions 844/ foreign language Award (always may be documented as the second nature of given to individuals as cash; only action on Standard Form 50, Notification of approved for law enforcement positions), Personnel Action, documenting the 845/Travel Savings Incentive (always separation or may be documented as a given to individuals as cash; only allowed separate action.)

4 In either case, a Standard for agencies that have established travel Form 50 documenting a Separation savings incentive programs), Incentive should be prepared and a copy 846/Individual Time Off Award, should be filed on the right side of the 847/Group Time Off Award, Official Personnel Folder. 848/Referral Bonus, 849/Individual Cash Award NRB 3. Presidential Rank Awards . 878/Presidential Rank Award, 879/SES Performance Award. a. Standard Form 52. Use of the 885/Lump Sum Performance Payment Standard Form 52 to process these actions is RB-ILPA not required.

5 Follow your agency's 886/Lump Sum Performance Payment instructions. RB-NILPA. 887/Lump Sum Performance Payment b. Standard Form 50. A Standard NRB Form 50 should be prepared to document 889/Group Award - Other Presidential Rank Awards . A copy of this Standard Form 50 should be filed on the b. >Enterprise Human Resources right side of the Official Personnel Folder. Integration.< All actions described in this Chapter must be reported to >Enterprise 4. All Other Awards and Bonuses . Human Resources Integration (EHRI).

6 < Use the nature of action codes and, if required, a. Effective Date. The agency sets the legal authority codes in Table 29 to report effective date of Awards and Bonuses . these actions to >EHRI.< Refer to the operating manual, >The Guide to Human 29-4 THE GUIDE TO PROCESSING PERSONNEL ACTIONS. Travel Savings Incentive, b. Standard Form 52. Use of the Individual Time Off Award, Standard Form 52 to process these actions is Group Time Off Award, not required. Follow your agency's Referral Bonus, instructions. Senior Executive Service Performance c.

7 Standard Form 50. Use of the Award, Standard Form 50 for all other Awards and Lump Sum Performance Payment Bonuses is not required. Documentation of RB-ILPA. Awards and Bonuses other than Separation Lump Sum Performance Payment Incentives, and Presidential Rank Awards is RB-NILPA. not authorized for long-term Official Lump Sum Performance Payment Personnel Folder retention. Agencies may NRB. not file documentation of the following d. Employee Notification. Agencies award and bonus actions on the right side of must notify employees of Awards granted the Official Personnel Folder: them.

8 To do so, the agency may choose to Recruitment Incentive, use the Standard Form 50 or may choose any Relocation Incentive, other method that meets the requirements in Retention Incentive, Chapter 4 of this Guide. As examples, Student Loan Repayment, agencies may choose to use earnings Individual Cash Award RB statements or award certificates or agency Individual Cash Award NRB forms to notify employees of Awards . Even Group Award Ch 45, if an agency uses a Standard Form 50 to Group Award Other, notify employees of Awards , no legal Individual Suggestion/Invention Award, authority code is required, and the SF-50.

9 Group Suggestion/Invention Award, may not be filed on the right side of the foreign language Award, Official Personnel Folder. Chapter 29. Bonuses , Awards and Other Incentives 29-5. Table 29. Bonuses , Awards , and Other Incentives Then Rule If Basis for Action is And Nature of Action is NOAC is 1 Made to a group of employees Award is based on group Made under 841 Group Award Ch 45. contributions that do not Chapter 45. 2 represent suggestions or Other than 889 Group Award Other inventions Chapter 45. 3 Award is based on a group 843 Group Suggestion/.

10 Suggestion/invention Invention Award 4 A group of employees will 847 Group Time Off Award receive time off as a reward for a specific achievement 5 To a law enforcement officer whose 844 foreign language Award job responsibilities involve substantial use of foreign language skills in job 6 Given to employees who achieve Agency has an established travel 845 Travel Savings Incentive travel savings savings incentive program in place 7 Given to employees who refer Agency has established criteria in 848 Referral Bonus applicant(s) who are hired and place for granting referral successfully employed by the Bonuses agency 8 Given to employee to repay student 817 Student Loan Repayment loan 29-6 THE GUIDE TO PROCESSING PERSONNEL ACTIONS.