Get Those SES Ratings Finished, OPM Says

OPM also encouraged agencies to complete SES performance appraisals “expeditiously” so that pay adjustments may be processed for SES members based on their performance no later than the end of the first full pay period in January 2006 (typically January 21). OPM noted that its regulations also provide an alternative means of adjusting pay for SES members based on their “relative position in rate range.” An agency may increase the rate of basic pay of an SES member who meets or exceeds his or her performance expectations by an amount that does not exceed the amount necessary to allow the employee to maintain his or her relative position in the SES rate range.