WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Office Of Personnel Management has issued a proposed rule called: Differential Pay for Prescribed Wildland Fire Activities.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on April 14 by Jerson Matias, Federal Register Liaison.
Summary: The Office of Personnel Management is proposing to add prescribed (planned) wildland fire duties as covered activities triggering payment of Hazardous Duty Pay for General Schedule (GS) employees and Environmental Differential Pay for Federal Wage System (FWS) employees. The proposed new differentials would apply to GS and FWS employees participating as a member of a firefighting crew engaged in activities on the fireline directly involving the implementation and control of ...