DANGER PAY ALLOWANCE - NEW CHAPTER 650 STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS (GOVERNMENT CIVILIANS FOREIGN AREAS)

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• Publication Date: September 3, 1981
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mber 6, 1981, a new Chapter 650 Danger
(GC,FA) is established as described
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lopment, International Communication
e and Commerce, those agencies may not
apter 650 of the Standardized Regula-
cies may implement the benefit accord-
mplementing procedures and regulations
esignations by the Secretary of State.
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tary of State.
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CHAPTER 650
DANGER PAY ALLOWANCE
States ,Code sect any ? 11.F.;Fo;.eign .Se vice Act of.19801,_and
up to 25 percent over basic compensation granted to
employees (Sections 031 and 0401.) for service at designated
danger pay. posts, pursuant to Section 5928,-Title 5, United
Definitions
For the purpose of this chapter
a. "Danger Pay Allowance" means the additional compensation of
c. "Detail".means detail as defined in Section 040p. for a
minimum of 24 consecutive__Nours, commencing at time of
arrival, at a place designated a danger pay post, other than
the employee's post (section 040h.), including all periods
of leave while present at such place of detail but excluding
any days of absence away from the designated post or
country/area. Employees transiting a. post who are
inadvertently detained thereat for more than one day shall
be considered on detail.
"Danger Pay Post" means:
1. A place listed individually in Section 920 which has
been so designated by the Secretary of State.
2. A place which is not listed individually in Section 920
but which is located in a country or area which has
been so designated by the Secretary of State.
d. "Day" means each midnight, including the midnight of the
24-hour minimum period required by Section 651c., occurring
while the employee is on detail at a designated danger pay
a. The danger pay allowance is designed to provide additional
compensation above basic compensation to'~>.all U.S. Government
civilian employees, including Chiefs of Mission, for service
at places in foreign areas where there exist conditions of
civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism or wartime
conditions which threaten physical harm or imminent danger
to the health or well-being of an employee. These
conditions do not include acts characterized chiefly as
economic crime.
post or country/area.
652 Scope
b. The danger pay allowance may be granted separately from any
grant of post differential in Chapter 500 and may be granted
at foreign posts or country/areas which have no post
differential.
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which threaten physi l harm or imminent dangeimto the heal,-.
or well-being of the employee. A danger pay allowance may not
exceed 25 percent of the basic pay of the employee, except that
if an employee is granted an additional differential under Sec-
tion 5925 (b) of this title with respect to an assignment, the
sum of that additional differential and any danger pay allow-
ance granted to the employee with respect to that assignment
may'not exceed 25 percent of the basic pay of the employee."
Generally, dander pay will be granted only at posts where cond-
itions have resulted in evacuation of, or authorized departures
of non-essential employees and/or dependents. Conditions qual-
ifying for consideration of danger pay do not include actions
.char a-cter:ized chiefLv -as; a o.nor~i e' ime. =.
It is not paid for any days of absence from a designated post.
Danger pay at the authorized rate-.-is not subject to any pay
ceiling. Usually the maximum rate of-25 percent of basic pay
will be prescribed, but lesser rates may,\established in the
.Secretary of State's discretion. Conditions at designated
danger pay posts will be monitored periodically to insure that
payment is appropriate. Danger pay will terminate when
employees or dependents previously evacuated or authorized
departure are first authorized to return to the post, if not
terminated earlier.
Establishment of danger pay may mean a reduction in regular
post differential rate, if any, by that fraction resulting from
political violence to avoid dual crediting of violent condit-
ions. Danger pay is available to all American regular direct
hire employees at a post including temporary, part-time and
intermittent employees, and those on detail at a designated
post or travellers transiting the post for more than one day.
Under Congressional direction, the total paid at a post design-
ated both for danger pay and for another new benefit--special
incentive differential--may not exceed 25 percent of basic
salary. Thus, if the combination should be in effect at a
particular post, the special incentive differential would be
reduced in order to meet the ceiling.
5. REGULATIONS
The new chapter 650 DANGER PAY ALLOWANCE, SR (GC,FA) is
attached.
6. This airgram has been distributed to Washington headquarters
of all agencies. Please advise local offices of other agencies
of contents of this airgram.
7.Printed pages of this chapter will be distributed with a fut-
ure transmittal letter of the Standardized Regulations (GC,FA).
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er Pay Allowance Applicable to Post (Sec. 040h.)
654.1 Commencement
Danger pay allowance commences on the date of designation by
the Secretary of State for employees present at the post on
assignment or. detail, and on the date of arrival at post for
subsequently. assigned or detailed employees or for employees
returning to post after temporary absence.
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Secretary of State, or the day the employee departs the post
for any reason for a post or country/area not designated for
the danger pay allowances.
655 Danger Pay Allowance on Detail
Employees on detail at a danger pay post may be granted the
danger pay allowance at the prescribed rate for all days of
detail at such post except for days of absence from the post
in a.post or area not designated for the danger pay
allowance.
656 Payments.
656.1 FullTime, Temporary and Intermittent Employees
The danger pay allowance for full-time employees and
employees appointed for temporary periods (Secs. 013.3 and
031.4) shall be at the percentage of basic compensation
established for the post. For part-time regularly-scheduled
employees and intermittent employees the danger pay
allowance shall be computed at the prescribed percentage of
basic compensation earned during the applicable pay period.
656.2 No Ceiling on Payments
The danger pay allowance is not sgbject to any ceiling which
would provide a payment less than the;.full percentage rate
prescribed for the post.
657 Exclusion of Danger Pay Allowance from Step Pay Increase
Computations
Payment of the danger pay allowance shall not be construed
as part of basic compensation for computing within-grade,
step, merit pay increases and Senior Executive Service or
Senior Foreign Service bonuses.
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c. The danger pay allowance, if prescribed, is in lieu of-,ti
special. incentive differential authorized a post under the
provisions of Chapter 570, which may have been in effect at'-
the post at the time of designation as a danger pay post to
the extent that the combined payments may not exceed 25
percent. of basic compensation.
d. The danger pay'..allowance is in lieu of that part of the
hardship post differential rate (Chapter 500) at a post
which is attributable to political violence. Consequently
the rate of post differential may be-reduced while danger
pay, allowance i.s in.. effect ...to avoid dual crediting for
pol tr ,e v ~i = eve-ri. combined -.longer Play am bias
differential for each employee will be at least five percent
of basic compensation above the previous combined post
differential and special incentive. differential, if any, in
effect at the post.
e. Unless otherwise specified, the amount of the danger pay
allowance shall be at the maximum rate of 25 percent of
basic compensation.
653 Basis for Danger Pay Allowance
653.1 Designation
A danger pay-allowance is established by the Secretary of
State when, and only when, civil ins.urrection, civil war,
terrorism or wartime conditions threaten physical harm or
imminent danger to the health or well being of a majority of
employees officially stationed or detailed at a post or
country/area in a foreign area.
653.2 Criterion
In general, the conditions described under Sections 652 and
653.1 must be such that an evacuation from the post of
non-essential employees or dependents or both has been
authorized or ordered; or non-essential employees and/or
dependents are not permitted to come to the post because of
these conditions. There must exist-a continuing threat of
physical harm or imminent danger to health or well being of
employees at the post. Consequently, the danger pay
allowance, if not terminated earlier, shall be terminated
when non-essential employees and/or dependents are first
authorized to-return to the post.
653.3 Periodic Review
Conditions at danger pay allowance posts are reviewed
periodically at appropriate intervals, usually monthly, to
ensure that the danger pay allowance continues only during
the existence of conditions justifying such payment. As a
result of periodic reviews the danger pay allowance may be
modified or removed at any time.
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