§ 302-3.500 Establishment of policies and procedures for authorization and payment of relocation allowances.

Agencies must establish governing policies and procedures that determine: (a) When the agency will pay relocation expenses if an employee violates the service agreement; (b) When the agency will authorize separate relocation allowances to an employee and an employee's immediate family member that are both transferring to the same official station; (c) When the agency will grant an employee and/or the employee's immediate family member(s) an extension on beginning separation travel; (d) When the agency will allow an employee to arrange their own relocation upon separation; (e) When the agency will authorize a temporary change of station (TCS); (f) When the agency will pay extended storage of household goods for TCS; (g) When the agency will pay for the cost of storing, or provide for the storage without charge, of one POV when an employee is assigned a TCS in support of a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 1482a(c)(2) and under part 302-9 of this chapter; (h) The criteria in accordance with 5 CFR part 572 on how the agency will determine if a new appointee is eligible for the relocation allowances authorized therein; and (i) The procedures which will provide new appointees with information surrounding relocation benefits.