Personnel management system

The personnel management system shall— Under the personnel management system— except as provided under section 733(a)(3)(B) of this title, basic rates of officers and employees of the Office shall be adjusted annually to such extent as determined by the Comptroller General, and in making that determination the Comptroller General shall consider— the Comptroller General shall prescribe regulations under which an officer or employee of the Office shall be entitled to pay retention if, as a result of any reduction-in-force or other workforce adjustment procedure, position reclassification, or other appropriate circumstances as determined by the Comptroller General, such officer or employee is placed in or holds a position in a lower grade or band with a maximum rate of basic pay that is less than the rate of basic pay payable to the officer or employee immediately before the reduction in grade or band; such regulations— The personnel management system shall provide— for a system to appraise the performance of officers and employees of the General Accounting Office 22 So in original. Probably should be “Government Accountability Office”. that meets the requirements of section 4302 of title 5 and in addition includes— The personnel management system shall provide— The personnel management system shall— This subchapter and subchapter IV of this chapter do not affect a right or remedy of an officer, employee, or applicant for employment under a law prohibiting discrimination in employment in the Government on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, or handicapping condition. However, for officers, employees, or applicants in the Government Accountability Office— The regulations must give effect to the following factors in descending order of priority— Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an employee may not be released, due to a reduction in force, unless such employee is given written notice at least 60 days before such employee is so released. Such notice shall include— For purposes of this subsection— the term “covered officer or employee”, as used with respect to a pay increase, means any individual— The further increase under this subsection—