Q:
Can you advise what should be done if a critical and permanent duty is measured and rated but is not listed in a job description?
A:
The Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) says in its position classification regulations that you should open a conversation with management about amending your position description. If you are unhappy with the results from that conversation, you can have the issue determined by filing a grievance under either the administrative or the negotiated grievance procedure applicable to you and your agency. This may or may not result in a change to the position description.
Alternatively, you may ask for a desk audit, which may change your position description, and it could re-determine your grade level, which might go up or down. Because your agency is measuring and rating you for the critical duty, a desk audit could well result in a change of your position description.
This response is written by James P. Garay Heelan, associate attorney of Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C., a federal employment law firm.
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