{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s5925","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5925.","heading":"Post differentials","text":"\u00a7\u202f5925.\nPost differentials\n(a) A post differential may be granted on the basis of conditions of environment which differ substantially from conditions of environment in the continental United States and warrant additional pay as a recruitment and retention incentive. A post differential may be granted to an employee officially stationed in the United States who is on extended detail in a foreign area. A post differential under this subsection may not exceed 35 percent of the rate of basic pay.\n(b) Any employee granted a differential under subsection (a) of this section may be granted an additional differential for an assignment to a post determined to have especially adverse conditions of environment which warrant additional pay as a recruitment and retention incentive for the filling of positions at that post. An additional differential for any employee under this subsection\u2014\n(1) may be paid for each assignment to a post determined to have such conditions;\n(2) may be paid periodically or in a lump sum; and\n(3) may not exceed 15 percent of the rate of basic pay of that employee for the period served under that assignment.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s5925.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5925","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5925."},{"t":"heading","text":"Post differentials"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5925/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" A post differential may be granted on the basis of conditions of environment which differ substantially from conditions of environment in the continental United States and warrant additional pay as a recruitment and retention incentive. A post differential may be granted to an employee officially stationed in the United States who is on extended detail in a foreign area. A post differential under this subsection may not exceed 35 percent of the rate of basic pay.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5925/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Any employee granted a differential under subsection (a) of this section may be granted an additional differential for an assignment to a post determined to have especially adverse conditions of environment which warrant additional pay as a recruitment and retention incentive for the filling of positions at that post. An additional differential for any employee under this subsection\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5925/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" may be paid for each assignment to a post determined to have such conditions;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5925/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" may be paid periodically or in a lump sum; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s5925/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" may not exceed 15 percent of the rate of basic pay of that employee for the period served under that assignment.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}