postal field service employees

postal field service employees Sec. 104. (a) Section 3542(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(a) There is established a basic compensation schedule for positions in the postal field service which shall be known as the Postal Field Service Schedule and for which the symbol shall be ‘PFS’. Except as 80 Stat. 290provided in sections 3543 and 3544 of this title, basic compensate shall be paid to all employees in accordance with such schedule. “PFS Per annum rates and steps 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 $4, 204 $4, 343 $4, 482 $4, 621 $4, 760 $4, 899 $5, 038 $5, 177 $5, 316 $5, 455 $5, 594 $5, 733 2 4, 552 4, 701 4, 850 4, 999 5, 148 5, 297 5, 446 5, 595 5, 744 5, 893 6, 042 6, 191 3 4, 919 5, 085 5, 251 5, 417 5, 583 5, 749 5, 915 6, 081 6, 247 6, 413 6, 579 6, 745 4 5, 331 5, 507 5, 683 5, 859 6, 035 6, 211 6, 387 6, 563 6, 739 6, 915 7, 091 7, 267 5 5, 697 5, 888 6, 079 6, 270 6, 461 6, 652 6, 843 7, 034 7, 225 7, 416 7, 607 7, 798 6 6, 113 6, 316 6, 519 6, 722 6, 925 7, 128 7, 831 7, 534 7, 737 7, 940 8, 143 8, 346 7 6, 545 6, 763 6, 981 7, 199 7, 417 7, 635 7, 853 8, 071 8, 289 8, 507 8, 725 _ _ _ _ 8 7, 088 7, 323 7, 558 7, 793 8, 028 8, 623 8, 498 8, 733 8, 968 9, 203 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 7, 665 7, 920 8, 175 8, 430 8, 685 8, 940 9, 195 9, 450 9, 705 9, 960 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 8, 345 8, 628 8, 911 9, 194 9, 477 9, 760 10, 043 10, 328 10, 609 10, 892 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 9, 221 9, 536 9, 851 10, 166 10, 481 10, 796 11, 111 11, 426 11, 741 12, 056 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12 10, 202 10, 549 10, 896 11, 243 11, 500 11, 937 12, 284 12, 631 12, 978 13, 325 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 13 11, 274 11, 663 12, 052 12, 441 12, 830 13, 219 13, 608 13, 997 14, 386 14, 775 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 12, 427 12, 859 13, 291 13, 723 14, 155 14, 587 15, 019 15, 451 15, 883 16, 315 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 13, 736 14, 210 14, 084 15, 158 15, 632 16, 106 16, 580 17, 054 17, 528 18, 002 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 15, 179 15, 707 16, 235 16, 763 17, 291 17, 819 18, 347 18, 875 19, 403 19, 931 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 16, 793 17, 380 17, 967 18, 554 19, 141 19, 728 20, 315 20, 902 21, 489 22, 076 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 18, 530 19, 145 19, 760 20, 375 20, 990 21, 605 22, 220 22, 835 23, 450 24, 065 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 20, 525 21, 210 21, 895 22, 580 23, 265 23, 950 24, 735 25, 330 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 22, 760 23, 520 24, 280 25, 040 25, 800 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _”. (b) Section 3543(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(a) There is established a basic compensation schedule which shall be known as the Rural Carrier Schedule and for which the symbol shall be ‘RCS’. Compensation shall be paid to rural carriers in accordance with this schedule. “Per annum rates and steps 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Carrier in rural delivery service: Fixed compensation per annum $2, 391 $2, 507 $2, 623 $2, 739 $2, 855 $2, 971 $3, 087 $3, 203 $3, 319 $3, 435 $3, 551 $3, 667 Compensation per mile per annum for each mile up to 30 miles of route 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 106 108 110 For each mile of route over 30 miles 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25”. (c) Section 3544(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(a) There is established a basic compensation schedule, which shall be known as the Fourth Class Office Schedule and for which the symbol shall be ‘FOS’, for postmasters in post offices of the fourth class, which is based on the revenue units of the post office for the preceding 80 Stat. 291fiscal year. Basic compensation shall be paid to postmasters in post offices of the fourth class in accordance with this schedule. “FOURTH CLASS OFFICE SCHEDULE “Revenue units Per annum rates and steps 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 30 but fewer than 33 $4, 019 $4, 152 $4, 285 $4, 418 $4, 551 $4, 684 $4, 817 $4, 950 $5, 083 $5, 216 $5, 349 $5, 482 24 but fewer than 30 3, 715 3, 387 3, 959 4, 081 4, 203 4, 325 4, 447 4, 569 4, 691 4, 813 4, 935 5, 057 18 but fewer than 24 3, 064 3, 168 3, 272 3, 376 3, 480 3, 584 3, 688 3, 792 3, 896 4, 000 4, 104 4, 208 12 but fewer than 18 2, 407 2, 485 2, 563 2, 641 2, 719 2, 797 2, 875 2, 953 3, 031 3, 109 3, 187 3, 265 6 but fewer than 12 1, 736 1, 791 1, 846 1, 901 1, 956 2, 611 2, 066 2, 121 2, 176 2, 231 2, 286 2, 341 Fewer than 6 1, 398 1, 443 1, 488 1, 533 1, 578 1, 623 1, 668 1, 713 1, 786 1, 803 1, 848 1, 893”. (d) The basic compensation of each employee subject to the Postal Field Service Schedule, the Rural Carrier Schedule, or the Fourth Class Office Schedule immediately prior to the effective date of this section shall be determined as follows: (1) Each employee shall be assigned to the same numerical step for his position which he had attained immediately prior to such effective date. If changes in levels or steps would otherwise occur on such effective date without regard to enactment of this Act, such changes shall be deemed to have occurred prior to conversion. (2) If the existing basic compensation is greater than the rate to which the employee is converted under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the employee shall be placed in the lowest step which exceeds his basic compensation. If the existing basic compensation exceeds the maximum step of his position, his existing basic compensation shall be established as his basic compensation.