Priority Placement Program PPP Briefing

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Priority Placement Program (PPP) Briefing

• HQ AMC
• October 3-4, 2007

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Program Overview

• PPP is the most effective outplacement program in
  the Federal government

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Program Overview
Purpose

• Reduce adverse affects of organizational changes
  on employees
• Retain needed skills
• Enable Department to restructure efficiently
  and humanely

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Program Overview
Top-Down Support

• Deputy Secretary of Defense Memo, Department of
  Defense Priority Placement Program (July 13,
  2007)
• http//www.cpms.osd.mil
• All commanders/directors required to issue
  written statements of support

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Program Results

• More than 175,000 placements to date
  
• Last 12 months 1,551 job offers

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Program Results

Acceptance Rate (last 12 months)

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Program Results

Registrants Released Without Offers (last 12
Months)
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Registration Eligibility

• Reduction in force (RIF)
• Separation
• Change to lower grade
• Declination of offer outside commuting area
• RIF
• Transfer of function
• Directed reassignment

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Registration Eligibility

• Must decline TOF in writing
• Declination is irrevocable
• Employees who initially accept may register if
  they later decline
• Employees on mobility agreements are ineligible

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Registration Eligibility
The following may not register

• NAF employees
• SES employees
• Reemployed annuitants
• Employees approved for Voluntary Separation
  Incentive Pay (VSIP)

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Registration Eligibility
The following may not register

• Employees who apply for optional or disability
  retirement
• Employees who are temporarily unavailable for work

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Registration Eligibility
The following may not register

• Employees whose conduct or performance is
• in question

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Registration Period

• Eligible employees must be permitted to register
  upon receipt of
• Specific RIF notice
• Notice of separation due to declination of offer
  outside commuting area

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Registration Period

• Registrants may remain in the PPP until
• Placement
• Declination of valid offer
• Not available for work
• Loss of eligibility
• 1 year after separation

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Mandatory Registration

• Purpose Reduce separation costs
• Coverage Employees who are eligible for
  severance pay
• Strategy Increase likelihood that employees
  will receive a reasonable offer (5 CFR 550)
  prior to separation

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Mandatory Registration
What does it mean?

• Employee must be registered for
• Current skill and others for which well qualified
• All DoD activities in commuting area
• Current grade and 2 grades lower

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Mandatory Registration
Who does it apply to?

• Employees who are eligible for severance pay and
• Do not voluntarily register or
• Register only within the commuting area

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Mandatory Registration
When does it begin?

• Mandatory registration applies upon receipt of a
  specific notice of involuntary separation

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Referral Priorities
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• RIF Separation no job offer
• RIF demotion (2 or more GS grades)
• Declination of offer outside commuting area
• RIF demotion (less than 2 GS grades)
• Family members

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Referral Priorities
Priority 1 2 referrals block

• Promotions
• Reassignments
• Appointments reinstatements
• Transfers
• Change to lower grade with an increase in
  promotion potential

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Referral Priorities
Priority 3 referrals

• Permit selection within Component
• Block appointments, reinstatements, transfers

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Referral Priorities

• Total Registered 1,697
• (as of 9/24/07)

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Registration Skills

• Must register for current skill
• Exceptions require CARE approval
• May register for other skills if well qualified
• As determined by registering HRO

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Registration Skills

• well qual-i-fied adj. Able to meet all job
  requirements with orientation only

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Registration Skills
Well Qualified

• Minimum qualification standards not sufficient
  for PPP
• Registrants must have experience actually
  applying the skill
• Experience must be documented

Basic Eligibility
OPF
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Registration Grades

• High Grade
• Current Pay System current permanent or retained
  grade
• Other pay systems grades with representative
  rates equal to or below current
  permanent or retained grade
  

No Promotions
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Registration Grades

• Low Grade
• No more than 3 GS grades, or the equivalent,
  below current permanent or retained grade

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Area of Referral

• Employees who decline TOF may only register for
  locations that are less distant than the transfer
  site

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Area of Referral

• Activities less distant than
• Redstone Arsenal AL
• No skipping over
• No expansion beyond
• commuting area after separation

593 mi.
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Job Offers

• One valid offer only
• REPLY TIME - 2 work days
• REPORTING DATES
• Same area 14 days
• PCS move 30 days

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Job Offers
Valid Offer

• Full-time permanent DoD position (unless current
  work schedule is less than full-time)
• Series, grade, duty location for which
  registered
• Essentially same conditions of employment

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Job Offers
Valid Offer

• The following do not invalidate an offer
• Drug testing requirement
• Change in shifts
• Decrease in wage or locality rates

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Job Offers
Invalid Offer

• Non-DoD position
• Significant change in conditions of employment
• Obligated position
• Excepted service position (unless registrant is
  currently excepted service)

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Job Offers
Invalid Offer

• Time-limited position
• Supervisory position (unless registered for
  supervisory positions)
• Position under contract study

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Job Offers
Invalid Offer

• Full-time permanent DoD position (unless current
  work schedule is less than full-time)
• Series, grade, duty location for which
  registered
• Essentially same conditions of employment

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Job Offers

• The following do not invalidate an offer
• Drug testing requirement
• Change in shifts
• Decrease in wage or locality rates

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Pay Setting

• If employee accepts lower grade without a break
  in service, pay retention applies

if otherwise entitled under 5 CFR 536
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Relocation Costs

• If placed within DoD Losing activity
• pays as prescribed by JTR
• Outside DoD - ?

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Temporary Positions

• Offers in commuting area only
• Continued registration in PPP

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Employee Responsibilities

• Performance / conduct
• Communications with other DoD activities
• All communications must be between the two
  personnel offices
• Maintain PPP registration
• Completion of personal resume

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Priority Placement Program (PPP) Briefing

• HQ AMC
• October 3-4, 2007