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2 U.S.C. § 298 — Reductions in compensation level
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Each employee in a position of a compensation level of the House Employees Schedule (HS) or the House Wage Schedule (HWS), whose employment in such position and level is terminated and who is reemployed, with or without break in service, in a position in a lower compensation level (HS level or HWS level) of such schedule, or whose position is placed in a lower compensation level of such schedule pursuant to a reclassification of such position, shall be placed by the committee in such step of such lower compensation level as the committee deems appropriate.
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Each employee in a position of a compensation level of the House Employees Schedule (HS) or the House Wage Schedule (HWS), whose employment in such position and level is terminated and who is reemployed, with or without break in service, in a position in a lower compensation level (HS level or HWS level) of such schedule, or whose position is placed in a lower compensation level of such schedule pursuant to a reclassification of such position, shall be placed by the committee in such step of such lower compensation level as the committee deems appropriate.
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It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a classification system for the equitable establishment and adjustment of rates of compensation for, and for the efficient utilization of personnel in, certain positions under the House of Representatives to which this chapter applies, through—
(1) the creation and maintenance of orderly and equitable compensation relationships for such positions—
(A) in accordance with the principle of equal pay for substantially equal work, and
(B) with due regard to (i) differences in the levels of difficulty, responsibility, and qualification requirements of the work, (ii) the kind of work performed, (iii) satisfactory performance, and (iv) length of service;
(2) the application of appropriate position standards and position descriptions for such positions; and
(3) the adoption of organization and position titles in the House which accurately reflect the respective functions, duties, and responsibilities of those organizations and positions in the House to which this chapter applies.
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 297
(1) to steps 2, 3, and 4, respectively—at the
beginning of the first pay period following the
completion, without break in service of more
than thirty months, of one year of satisfactory
service in the next lower step;
(2) to steps 5, 6, and 7, respectively—at the
beginning of the first pay period following the
completion, without break in service of more
than thirty months, of two years of satisfac-
tory service in the next lower step;
(3) to steps 8, 9, and 10, respectively—at the
beginning of the first pay period following the
completion, without break in service of more
than thirty months, of three years of satisfac-
tory service in the next lower step; and
(4) to steps 11 and 12, respectively—at the be-
ginning of the first pay period following the
completion, without break in service of more
than thirty months, of five years of satisfac-
tory service in the next lower step.
(b) The receipt of an increase in compensation
during any of the waiting periods of service
specified in subsection (a) of this section shall
cause a new full waiting period of service to
commence for further step increases under such
subsection.
(c) Any increase in compensation granted by
law, or granted by reason of an increase made by
the committee in the rates of compensation of
the House Employees Schedule, to employees
within the purview of subsection (a) of this sec-
tion shall not be held or considered to be an in-
crease in compensation for the purposes of sub-
section (b) of this section.
(d) The benefit of successive step increases
under subsection (a) of this section shall be pre-
served, under regulations prescribed by the com-
mittee, for employees whose continuous service
is interrupted by service in the Armed Forces
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