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

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/r'1 Al 4----l (---J A I l7 d--V-1 Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01004R000300050002-4 HANDLING PRIORITY I ALL DIPLOMATIC AND TO: RAMC BANGKOK, RAMC N/A /ALS-35 REF: DEPT. DISTRIBUTION ORIGIN/ ACTION A/EX, EUR/EX,. EA/EX, IO/EX, ARA/EX, AF/EX, A, M, M/COMP, M/COMP/FO, DG, PER, L/M, AID,... AGRIC, ICA, COM, CIA, DOD, TREAS. ALOW - NCLASSIFIED MESSAG Ft EENCO. CONSULAR POSTS MEXICO CITY, RAMC PARIS CE - New Chapter-650, STANDARDIZED DANGER PAY ALLOWAN REGULATIONS (Gover SECTION 013 AND N 1. Effective Sept Pay Allowance,-SR 2.NOTE: Until a j 3 FAM 300 and 4 FA International Dev Agency, Agricultu act on this new C tions. Other agen ing to their own i subject to post d 3. Designations o made by the Secre 4. DESCRIPTION OF The Foreign Servi Title 5 United St nment Civilians, Foreign Areas) W CHAPTER 260 SR (GC,FA) mber 6, 1981, a new Chapter 650 Danger (GC,FA) is established as described int Foreign Affairs Manual Circular fo M 542 is issued for State, Agency for 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. f Danger Pay posts have not yet been tary of State. e Act of 1980 (Sec. 2311) amended tes Code by adding a new sec. 5928. employee serving in a foreign area This provides: "An may be granted a State Dept. review completed danger.,pay allowance on the basis of DRAFTED BV: A/ALS1: RRStormer: j d E.O. 11652: TAGS: FORM DS-323 6-76 LDRgFTV DaJE CONTENTS AND CLASSIFICATION APPROVED OY A/ALS:RRMartin Mr. Thomas M. Tracy (By signed authorization) Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01604R000300050002-4 ? Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01004R000300050002-4 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. 0169K:1-3 Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01004R000300050002-4 civil insu Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01004R000300050002-4 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). ATTACHMENT: CHAPTER 5O - SR (GC,FA) Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01004R000300050002-4 ? Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01004R000300050002-4 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. 654..2.Tex:mination _ . - V V `J.L{ tUJJ V11 b11V. __j ....... - ~ 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. 0169K:1-3 Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01004R000300050002-4 Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01004R000300050002-4 -awe 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. 0169K:1-3 Approved For Release 2008/07/08: CIA-RDP83-01004R000300050002-4