recruitment and placement module 8 national guard technician personnel management course
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Recruitment and Placement
Module 8
National Guard Technician Personnel Management Course
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Statutory and Regulatory References forRecruiting and Placement
• 5 USC 2301 - Merit System Principles• 5 USC 2303 - Prohibited Personnel Practices• NGB Technician Personnel Regulations – TPR 300-series • CFR 300s• Local Merit Placement Plans• Bargaining Unit Agreements
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MERIT SYSTEM PRINCIPLES &
PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES
Legal Obligations
Ethical Obligations
Common Sense
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Merit System Principles - 5 USC 2301
-- Understanding Them and Applying Them
and
Prohibited Personnel Practices - 5 USC 2302
-- Recognizing them and Avoiding Them
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Merit System Principles• Recruit Qualified Individuals from Appropriate Sources
• All Employees and Applicants Should Receive Fair and Equitable Treatment in All Aspects of Personnel Management
• Provide Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value
• Maintain High Standards of Integrity, Conduct, and Concern for the Public Interest
• Manage Employees Efficiently and Effectively
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Merit System Principles
• Retain or Separate Employees on the Basis of Performance
• Educate/Train Employees When It will Result in Better Organizational or Individual Performance
• Protect Employees from Arbitrary Action, Personal Favoritism or Coercion for Political Purposes
• Protect Employees Against Reprisal for Lawful Disclosure of Information
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Prohibited Personnel Practices
• Employees who have authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action Shall Not . . .
• Discriminate For or Against Any Employee or Applicant on the basis of: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicapping condition, marital status, or political affiliation
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Prohibited Personnel Practices
• Solicit or Consider any Recommendation or Statement Not Based on Personal Knowledge or on Records of Performance, Ability, Aptitude, General Qualifications, Character, Loyalty or Suitability
• Coerce Political Activity of Any Person, or Take Any Action as Reprisal for the Refusal of Any Person to Engage in Political Activity
• Deceive or Willfully Obstruct Any Person with Respect to Such Person’s Right to Compete for Employment
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Prohibited Personnel Practices
• Influence a Person to Withdraw from Competition for Any Position
• Grant Any Preference or Advantage Not Authorized by Law, Regulation, or Rule to Any Employee or Applicant.
• Appoint, Employ, Promote, or Advance a Relative
• Take or Fail to Take, or Threaten to Take or Fail to Take, a Personnel Action Against a Whistleblower, Whether an Employee or an Applicant
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• Retaliate Against Employees or Applicants Who Exercise Their Appeal Rights, Testify, or Cooperate With an Inspector General or Special Counsel, or Refuse to Violate a Law
• Discriminate Based on Actions Not Adversely Affecting Performance
• Violate Any Law, Rule, or Regulation Implementing or Directly Concerning the Merit System Principles
Prohibited Personnel Practices
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OVERSIGHT AGENCIES• Office of the Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office (CG/GAO)
• Equal Employment OpportunityCommission (EEOC)
• Office of Special Counsel (OSC)
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• Department of Defense, Civilian Personnel Management System, Inspector General (DoD/CPMS/IG)
• National Guard Bureau (NGB)
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• Merit Promotion & Placement is the Process We Use to Consider Internal Candidates for Competitive and Non-Competitive Placement
• Your State Merit Promotion & Placement Plan and Negotiated Agreement Will Determine Many of the Policies and Procedures in Your State
Merit Promotion & Placement
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Merit Promotion & Placement Plan Requirement One: • Placement Procedures are Available in Writing
to the Technicians and Public
• Identify Types of Positions, Actions, and Exceptions
• Ensure Placement Without Regard to Marital Status, Political Affiliation, or EEO Considerations
(Use The Local Affirmative Employment Plan For Guidance)
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Merit Promotion & Placement Plan
Requirement Two:
• Identify Broad Areas of Consideration to Ensure Availability of High-quality Candidates
• Ensure Technicians, Who are Within the Areas of Consideration but Are Absent For Legitimate Reasons, are Considered for Promotion (e.g., LWOP-US, Mobilization, Detail)
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Merit Promotion & Placement Plan
Requirement Three:
• Use NGB Qualifications Standards to Evaluate Applicants for Dual-status Positions; USOPM Standards for Non-dual Status Positions
• Ensure Candidates Meet Minimum Qualifications Prescribed for the Position
• Ensure Procedures Used to Identify, Qualify, Evaluate and Select Candidates are Based on Job-Related Criteria
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Merit Promotion & Placement Plan
Requirement Four:
Management Has the Right to:
• Select or Not Select From Properly Referred/Best-Qualified Applicants
• Select Candidates from any Appropriate Source Most Likely to Best Meet Mission Objectives
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Merit Promotion & Placement Plan
Requirement Five:
• Maintain Sufficient Records to Reconstruct Each Placement Action
• Retain Records for a Minimum of Two Years or, if a Grievance is Pending, Until Resolution
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Getting Started
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Competitive Procedures
• Applicable
• Non-Applicable
• Discretionary
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Competition Is Required • Permanent Promotions
• Time-Limited (Temporary) Promotions (Over 120 Days)
• Detail to Higher Graded Positions (Over 120 Days)
• Reinstatement to a Higher Graded Position Than Previously Held
• Transfer (From Another Agency) to a Higher Graded Position Than Previously Held
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Competition is Required
• Reassignment, Demotion, Transfer Or Reinstatement
to a Position with Greater Promotion Potential Than Previously Held or Competed
• Selection for Training When Training is Required for Promotion
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Competition is DiscretionaryPromotion Resulting From a Position Upgrade Provided:
• There Are No Other Technicians at the Same Grade, Performing Substantially the Same Function, in the Same Unit
• The Technician Continues to Perform Same Basic Function
• There is No Adverse Impact on Another Encumbered Position
• The Technician Meets Eligibility Requirements
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Competition is Discretionary
• Placement in a Position With No Higher Promotion Potential Than Previously Held or Competed For
• Time Limited Promotions
• Details to Higher Graded Positions
• Repromotion When Demoted Without Personal Cause or at Own Request
• Special Consideration After Failure to Receive Proper Consideration
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Competition is Not Required
• Promoted Due to Position Upgrades Resulting from the Application of a New Classification Standard or Correction of a Classification Error
• May be Appointed, Promoted, Reassigned, Etc. Without Competition if They Have Previously Held the Position Being Filled
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Competition is Not Required
• If The Promotion is a Career Ladder Promotion and the Original Competition Clearly Established the Promotion Potential
• A Promotion is a Result of Accretion of Duties
• The Promotion is Temporary Not to Exceed 120 Days
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Non-Competitive Procedures May ApplyCandidates May Be Reassigned Without CompetitionWhen:
• The Reassignment is to Another Position of the Same Grade With No Known Promotional Potential.
• The Reassignment is as a Result of Failure to Meet Requirements of a Performance Improvement Plan
• Placement as a Result of Reorganizations, Reductions in Force or Realignments
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Non-Competitive Procedures May Apply
Candidates May be Reassigned or Promoted WithoutCompetition:
• When the Candidate Was Denied “Proper Consideration” as Result of an Error
• When Exercising Reemployment or Return Rights to a ‘Similar’ Position
• When Being Restored to Duty From Workers’ Comp
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SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Identify the Knowledge and Skills Needed for Your Organization
• Be Aware of Budgetary Constraints
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Supervisory Responsibilities
Anticipate Vacancies and Personnel Actions That Will Support the Transformation of the National Guard:
Promotions
Reassignments
Details
Retirements
Resignations
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Supervisory Responsibilities
• Determine how to fill positions
– Permanent, temporary or indefinite– Full-time or part-time
• Complete a Standard Form 52 • Send to HRO
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Supervisory Responsibilities
Area of Consideration
• Determine the potential applicant pool and recruitment sources prior to announcement
• Positions are not announced simultaneously as DS and NDS (e.g., excepted versus competitive procedures)
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Supervisory Responsibilities
Initiate the selection process:• Conduct interviews as negotiated in your union
contract or as defined in the State Merit Promotion and Placement Plan
• Apply consistent interview techniques with all candidates
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Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
• Elements used must be job-related
• Apply to both internal and external hiring
practices
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Key Interviewing Rules
• Develop a standardized list of interview questions
• Tailor questions relevant to the job
• Avoid questions that violate Equal Employment Opportunity laws
• Ask open-ended questions
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Hiring Flexibilities:
• Recruitment Incentive [5 CFR 575]
• Referral Incentive [5 CFR 451]
• Relocation Incentive [5 CFR 575]
• Retention Incentive [5 CFR 575]
• Student Loan Repayment [5 CFR 537]
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Appointment Above the ‘Minimum Entry Rate’
-- Superior Qualifications
-- Special Need
Appointments made above the minimum rate must be approved by the HRO prior to the effective date of the appointment.
Hiring Flexibilities
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Workforce Restructuring, Realignment,
Reorganization &
Reduction in Force
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Involuntary loss of job status due toorganizational changes
Reduction In Force
(RIF)
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What Causes a RIF
• Budget Deficits• Force Structure Changes• Unit Deactivations• Unit Relocation• Unit Consolidations or Reorganizations• Aircraft Conversions or Reductions
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Potential Effects of RIF
• Displacement
• Change to Lower Grade
• Furloughs – 30 days or more
• Separation
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• Keep managers, supervisors, and their subordinates informed
• Determine what positions are needed to perform the continuing mission
• Ensure technician personnel records and position descriptions are current and valid
• Ensure technician performance records are current and accurate
Management Responsibilities
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the Human Resources Staff Shall:
• Conduct interest surveys and determine retirement eligibility
• Institute outplacement assistance
• Accomplish qualifications update and review
• Establish re-training programs
Workforce Restructuring
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• the Human Resources Staff Shall:
• Work to avoid or minimize involuntary separations
• Use vacancies to place surplus technicians• Obtain Voluntary Early Retirement Authority
and Voluntary Separation Incentive funding for those who agree to resign or retire
Workforce Restructuring
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the Human Resources Staff Shall:
• Identify Options Available to Avoid Involuntary Separations
• Project Education and Training Requirements of The Remaining Staff
• Process Actions in a Timely Manner
Workforce Restructuring
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Workforce Restructuring
The Human Resources Staff and Management Shall:
• Conducts a “Needs Analysis Review” of The Organization
• Identify Positions (Types, Numbers and Locations) That Are/Will Be Excess Because of The Activity’s Revised or Reduced Mission
• Determine What Positions Are Needed to Perform The Continuing Mission
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• Options Available to Avoid Involuntary Separations
• Education and Training Requirements of The Remaining Staff
• Cost/Savings Analysis
“Needs Analysis Review”
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Purpose:• To Allow Eligible Employees Not Facing
Involuntary Separation to Retire Early Creating Vacancies That Can be Filled by Technicians Who Would Otherwise be Separated or Down Graded
Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA)
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Purpose: • To encourage eligible employees to retire or
resign voluntarily for Federal Service
• Paid in Lump sum or in bi-weekly service
Voluntary Separation Incentive (VSIP)
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May Be Used To:• Reshape and Reduce The Workforce
― Avoid Need For Involuntary Separation― Create Vacancies For The Placement Of
Technicians Subject to RIF Separations
May Be Offered Any Time/Location Where: • Acceptance Results in Aggregate Net Savings
Over a 2-year Period And Where Such Savings Avoids Involuntary Separations
Separation Incentives
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Eligibility and Conditions -
• Employee cannot be a reemployed annuitant• Employee must be employed for last 12 months• Employee cannot have a pending or approved
disability retirement• Employee must be serving on an appointment
without time limits
Separation Incentives
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Ineligibility -
• Occupying a “hard to fill” position• Receiving a retention allowance• Covered by a Service Agreement• Occupying a special salary position• Accepted another Federal position
Separation Incentives
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Separation Incentives
• Pay incentives to those who voluntarily retire or resign
• Lesser of severance pay or $25K• Offered 30 days before RIF announcement• Creates vacancies for abolishment or placement
of surplus technicians• Justified only when/if cost savings result
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PERMANENT STATUS
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes
― Grade/Pay Retention― Severance Pay― Retirement― Health Benefits― Life Insurance ― Thrift Savings Plan― Unused Annual Leave
REDUCTION IN FORCE (RIF)
Technician benefits:
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Occupational Match-up (MOS or AFSC) military & civilian positions
Grade/Rank - Military
structure is preeminent over
technician structure
Military Assignment - Unit
Compatibility
Military Membership - Appointment
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Compatibility
• The fundamental precept of the National Guard Military Technician Program is that all Dual Status technicians are required to be members of the National Guard and must have a compatible military assignment
• Compatibility is a statutory requirement [32 U.S.C. 709], critical to full-time management
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Compatibility
• The primary military skill set for a technician position is that of the military core position on the MTOE/TDA/UMDA
• This is the position on the MTOE/TDA/UMDA
that is aligned with the technician position
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Compatibility
• Military MOSs and AFSCs are the compatibilities needed to perform the military positions
• The MOSs and AFSCs will closely align military qualification requirements required for the technician position
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Compatibility
• Technicians are required to hold particular MOSs or AFSCs (per the MTOE/TDA/UMDA) for assignment to compatible military positions
• Technicians are responsible for obtaining and maintaining the military skill sets required for the technician positions
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• Title 10, United States Code - Armed Forces
• Title 32, United States Code - National Guard
• DoD Directive 1205.18 - Full-Time Support (FTS) to the Reserve Components
• TPR 303 - Military Technician Compatibility, August 2005
Statutory and Regulatory Requirements
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Regulatory Compatibility Guidance
• AFECD, Enlisted Classification Directory
• Establishes Air Force Enlisted Structure
• Defines Specialty
• AFOCD, Officer ClassificationDirectory
• Establishes Air Force Officer Structure
• Defines Specialty
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Regulatory Compatibility Guidance• AR 611-1 - Military Occupational Classification
Structure Development & ImplementationPrescribes Officer, Warrant Officer and Enlisted Classification Structures
• DA Pam 611-21 * - Military Occupational Classification and Structure
• Provides guidance to commanders, personnel managers, proponents, and combat and material developers
* Implements the policy contained in AR 611-1
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The condition in which the military technicians are assigned to positions in the proper military grades (officer, warrant officer or enlisted) and militarily assigned to the military units (MTOE/TDA/UMDA) that employs them, or to a unit that support other military units
Compatibility is defined as:
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• The occupational match-up requires compatible military skills that have essentially the same duties in the technician position
• Military technicians are assigned to a military position in the same unit in which they are employed or, in a unit that is directly supported by the employing activity when authorized and directed
Compatibility
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• Must follow military protocol for traditional rank structure (military rank inversion is not permitted)
• All dual status technicians must continue to maintain proper military membership (branch of service, grade, occupational specialty, unit of military assignment)
Compatibility
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Position assignments of officer, warrant officeror enlisted incumbency are commensurate with the duties and responsibilities as stated in AR 611-1, AFOCD, and AFECD
Position & Rank Assignment Criteria
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Grade Inversion is NOT permitted
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• Loss of military membership = separation
• Failure to meet a requirement of the position
Reference: Technician Personnel Regulation (TPR) 715 - “Voluntary & Non-disciplinary Actions”
Incompatible Conditions
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• Must include an solid justification as to why current criteria is insufficient to meet the units needs.
• Must be comprehensive enough to allow TAG to understand the rationale for proposed action
• Must include recommendation or proposed resolution
• See Compatibility Guide for clarification
Request for an “exception” to compatibility or assignment criteria:
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Questions?