Local Employment Policy Handbook - ICASS

Not Ordinarily Residents (NORs) Compensated from an American Pay Plan (FP or GS)
1. Appointment Eligible Family Members (AEFMs) hired under a State FMA or Temporary Appointment
The Regional or Functional Family Member Employment Coordinator is responsible for the SCD for
AEFMs hired on a FMA or Temporary Appointment.
2. All Other NORs hired under a PSA
A. For NORS, creditable service for purposes of service computation date and leave accrual does not
transfer from one PSA agreement to another PSA agreement, either at the same Mission, or different
Missions. Each PSA agreement HR processes has a new SCD date beginning on the first date of
employment. (There is one exception explained after the examples below that allows the SCD to transfer
from one PSA to another.)
Example 1: HR hires Dorian as a NOR with compensation from the American FP pay plan at FP-9 as a
Mail Room Clerk. Dorian works 6 months and then resigns. HR terminates the FP-9 Mail Room Clerk
PSA. Five months later, Dorian applies for a FP-7 GSO Secretary position. The supervisor interviews
and selects Dorian. HR processes a FP-7 GSO Secretary PSA. The SCD is the first day Dorian begins
work in the GSO Secretary position.
Example 2: HR at Mission “A” hires Bryan as a NOR with compensation from the American FP pay plan
at FP-8 as CLO Assistant. Bryan works for two years and then resigns because he is departing the
Mission permanently with the sponsoring Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service member for onward
assignment at Mission “B.” At Mission “B,” Bryan applies for a FP-7 Public Diplomacy Assistant
position. The supervisor interviews and selects Bryan. HR at Mission “B” processes a PSA for the FP-7
Public Diplomacy position. The SCD is the first day Bryan begins work in the Public Diplomacy
Assistant position.
**Exception**
The only exception is when a NOR employee moves from one position to another position at the same
Mission with no break in service and under the same American pay plan. In this case, HR processes the
new PSA agreement and includes the SCD from the previous PSA agreement.
Example: HR hires Cargan as a NOR with compensation from the American FP pay plan at FP-7 as RSO
Administrative Assistant. Six months later, Cargan applies for a FP-6 Consular Assistant position. The
supervisor interviews and selects Cargan. Cargan agrees to finish working in the RSO position on Friday
and start working in the Consular position on Monday with no break in service. So HR terminates the
current PSA as FP-7 RSO Administrative Assistant and processes a new PSA for the FP-6 Consular
Assistant position with no break in service. HR uses the SCD dates for the FP-7 RSO Administrative
Assistant PSA for the FP-6 Consular Assistant PSA.