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PUBLIC LAW 68-JUNE 10, 1955

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(d) Employees on the rolls on the effective date of this section who are entitled to promotion credit for longevity purposes under section 2 of the Act approved May 3, 1950 (64 Stat. 102; 39 U.S.C. 889), shall retain all rights and benefits established or continued under such section to the same extent as though such section had remained in effect. (e) Increases inider this section shall not be deemed equivalent increases within the meaning of section 401.

TITLE Y—GENERAL COMPENSATION RULES -... -.

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APPOINTMENTS

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SEC. 501. The Postmaster General may appoint any person who has been employed in a civilian capacity in any branch of the Government to any position in a regional or district office or to any professional or scientific position and may place such person in any step in the salary level of the Postal Field Service Schedule which is less than one full step above the highest basic salary which such person received from the United States. PROMOTION

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SEC. 502. (a) Any employee who is promoted or transferred to a position in a higher salary level of the Postal Field Service Schedule shall be paid basic salary at the lowest step of such higher salary level which exceeds his existing basic salary by not less than the amount of difference between the entrance step of the salary level from which promoted and the entrance step of the salary level immediately above the salary level from which promoted. If there is no step in the salary level to which the employee is promoted which exceeds his existing basic salary by at least the amount of such difference, such employee shall be paid (1) the maximum step of the salary level to which promoted, or (2) his existing basic salary, whichever is higher. (b) Regular clerks and carriers in first- and second-class post offices are not eligible for promotion to positions of higher salary levels in their respective offices unless they are in the maximum steps of their respective salary levels. If for any reason such clerks and carriers in such maximum steps are not available those clerks and carriers in the lower steps in such offices shall be eligible for such promotion. C O M P E N S A T I O N OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY

EMPLOYEES

SEC. 503. Each temporary employee who is hired for a continuous period of one year or less for a position under the Postal Field Service Schedule shall be paid a basic salary at the entrance step for the salary level of the position to which he is appointed. P R O H I B I T I O N ON REDtX^TION OF FORMER

COMPENSATION

SEC. 504. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to reduce the per annum or hourly basic compensation of any employee on the rolls on the effective date of the Postal Field Service Schedule, the Rural Carrier Schedule, or Fourth-Class Office Schedule, to an amount less than his basic compensation immediately prior to adjustment to such schedules. (b) For the purposes of this section, "basic compensation'' includes 5 USC 10 71 note. \^ry^{Q Compensation under the Classification Act of 1949.

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