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Recruitment, Relocation and Retention Incentives

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An agency must establish a single retention incentive rate for each individual or group of employees, expressed as a percentage of each employee’s rate of basic pay, not to exceed 25 percent (for an individual employee) or 10 percent (for a group or category of employees). (See 5 CFR 575.309(a).) With OPM approval, this cap may be increased to as much as 50 percent under the conditions specified in 5 CFR 575.309(e).
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