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Printing - FECA-PT2 - National Association of Letter Carriers

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The CE should consider these factors when determining a pay rate, using narrative letters to<br />

request the evidence. The CE should allow a pay rate based upon full-time employment<br />

only if the evidence clearly shows that the person had served on a full-time basis for<br />

substantially the whole year immediately preceding the injury, or that the assignment would<br />

have afforded employment for substantially the whole year.<br />

(2) The employing agency should be asked to furnish the following evidence:<br />

(a) A description <strong>of</strong> the duties performed by the injured person;<br />

(b) Full details about the person's work schedule, including the hours worked per<br />

day, the days worked per week, the date when the person began the assignment,<br />

and the date when the assignment was to be completed; and<br />

(c) The title, grade, and pay rate <strong>of</strong> a full-time position at the employing agency<br />

in which the service performed is the same or most similar to that performed by the<br />

injured person.<br />

(3) The injured person should be asked to submit a signed statement showing all <strong>of</strong> his<br />

or her employment during the year immediately preceding the injury, including the names<br />

and addresses <strong>of</strong> employers, the type <strong>of</strong> work performed for each, and gross earnings<br />

exclusive <strong>of</strong> overtime from each employer.<br />

(4) The CE should prepare a memorandum setting forth the pertinent facts and<br />

recommending a determination <strong>of</strong> the average annual earnings. The pay rate may not<br />

exceed the minimum rate <strong>of</strong> pay <strong>of</strong> an employee at the GS-15, step 10 level. A Senior CE<br />

or higher-level employee must concur with the determination.<br />

2-0900-5 Effective Date <strong>of</strong> Pay Rate<br />

5. Effective Date <strong>of</strong> Pay Rate. This paragraph describes how to determine the date on which the pay<br />

rate should be based.<br />

a. Disability Cases.<br />

(1) In keeping with Section 5 U.S.C. 8101(4), compensation in disability cases is<br />

computed using the pay rates in effect on:<br />

(a) The date <strong>of</strong> injury;<br />

(b) The date disability began; or<br />

(c) The date disability recurred, if the recurrence began more than six months<br />

after the employee resumed regular full-time employment with the U.S.<br />

<strong>FECA</strong>-<strong>PT2</strong> Printed: 06/08/2010 467

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