Recruitment, Relocation and Retention Incentives
Questions and answers
Under 5 CFR 575.311(f)(3), an agency considers the following factors in determining whether to reduce or terminate a retention incentive:
- Whether a lesser amount (or none at all) would be sufficient to retain the employee (or group or category of employees);
- Whether labor market factors make it more likely (or reasonably likely) to recruit a candidate with competencies similar to those possessed by the employee (or group or category of employees); or
- Whether the agency's need for the services of the employee (or group or category of employees) has been reduced to a level that makes it unnecessary to continue payment at the level originally approved, or at all.