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	Classification Appeals New Decisions as of May 2003 New Digest as of December 2002 SEARCH classification appeal decisions, Digest issues, and Digest articles These pages summarize the Federal position classification appeals process. Throughout these pages, "you" refers to a current Federal employee, "we" or "us" refers to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and "classification appeal" refers to classification appeals by General Schedule (GS) employees and job grading appeals by Federal Wage System (FWS) employees. Please read our cautionary note APPEALS PROCESS Who does what? Position classification appeals employee fact sheet for current Federal employees Searching law and regulations online What may be appealed and what may not be appealed? What you should do before you appeal What are a current Federal employee's appeal choices? Why you may not file a classification appeal electronically Information that should be included in a classification appeal filed with OPM Information that should be included in the Agency Administrative Report OPM fact finding What is an OPM appeal decision based on? What happens after OPM makes a decision? Classification appeals, retroactive effective dates, and back pay What is the likely result of a classification appeal? Cancellation or withdrawal of an appeal OPM addresses, telephone numbers, and service areas for offices that provide classification appeal information and accept classification appeals Contacting us electronically   TWO COMMON QUESTIONS   How can there be positions with similar work but different classifications? If my position is upgraded, am I entitled to back pay? FURTHER READING  Introduction (PDF) (WP 5.1) to the Position Classification Standards, especially Appendix 4--Position Classification Appeals  Classifier's Handbook (PDF) (WP 5.1)   General Schedule classification documents   Federal Wage System classification documents CLASSIFICATION APPEAL DECISIONS About our decisions Earlier decisions Further reading How NOT to use our decisions Cautions Deleted information OPM decision numbers Order of decisions Outcome entries A word about grade changes If you have questions Appeal decisions DIGESTS OF SIGNIFICANT CLASSIFICATION DECISIONS AND OPINIONS About our Digests Table of Digests (entire issues) Digest articles table (individual articles) You may not file a classification or job grading appeal electronically. SEARCH classification appeal decisions, Digest issues, and Digest articles (Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader) Top of Page        Federal Classification Home Page Federal Classification Appeals Home Page Classification Appeal Decisions Digest of Significant Classification Decisions and Opinions Table of Articles from the Digest of Significant Classification Decision and Opinions Classification Appeals Search Engine

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