Changes

Blocks 7 through 22 are shown in a "from/to" format, whereby Blocks 7 through 14 list the employee's status '''''before''''' the SF 50 action, while Blocks 15 through 22 list the employee's status '''''after''''' the SF 50 action.  These blocks list the employee's position title (7/15), pay plan (8/16), occupational code (9/17), grade (10/18), step (11/19), total salary (12/20), pay basis (13/21), and name and location of position's organization (14/22).  Blocks 12/20 are further subdivided into sub-blocks A (basic pay), B (locality adjustment), C (adjusted basic pay, total of A and B), and D (other pay).  This section is most frequently used to denote general pay increases, promotions or within-grade increases, changes in duty station, or any monetary awards.

Blocks 7 through 22 are shown in a "from/to" format, whereby Blocks 7 through 14 list the employee's status '''''before''''' the SF 50 action, while Blocks 15 through 22 list the employee's status '''''after''''' the SF 50 action.  These blocks list the employee's position title (7/15), pay plan (8/16), occupational code (9/17), grade (10/18), step (11/19), total salary (12/20), pay basis (13/21), and name and location of position's organization (14/22).  Blocks 12/20 are further subdivided into sub-blocks A (basic pay), B (locality adjustment), C (adjusted basic pay, total of A and B), and D (other pay).  This section is most frequently used to denote general pay increases, promotions or within-grade increases, changes in duty station, or any monetary awards.

Blocks 23 through 33 list various employee data fields, which are important for various benefits and rights.  These blocks list veteran's preference (23), tenure (24), "agency use" (25), veteran's preference for RIF (26; RIF stands for "reduction in force", or a layoff in private sector terms<ref>The general rule for layoffs in civil service is that employees on temporary, probationary, or conditional employment are laid off first, followed by employees without veterans preference using a mix of service time and rating, and finally employees with veterans preference using the same service time/rating mix.</ref>, the level of [[FEGLI]] insurance enrollment (27), whether the employee is a re-hired annuitant (28), pay rate determinant (29), the retirement plan (30; whether under CSRS or FERS and also whether under FICA or not), service computation date (31), work schedule (32), and if part-time the number of hours per pay period (33).  The Service Computation Date (Block 31) is not necessarily the date on which an employee began his/her civil service career: if an employee left civil service and then later returned, the date is adjusted to a date which would reflect no break in service.

Blocks 23 through 33 list various employee data fields, which are important for various benefits and rights.  These blocks list veteran's preference (23), tenure (24), "agency use" (25), veteran's preference for RIF (26; RIF stands for "reduction in force", or a layoff in private sector terms<ref>The general rule for layoffs in civil service is that employees on temporary, probationary, or conditional employment are laid off first, followed by employees without veterans preference using a mix of service time and rating (but any employee with an "unacceptable" rating is laid off before any others), and finally employees with veterans preference using the same service time/rating mix.</ref>, the level of [[FEGLI]] insurance enrollment (27), whether the employee is a re-hired annuitant (28), pay rate determinant (29), the retirement plan (30; whether under CSRS or FERS and also whether under FICA or not), service computation date (31), work schedule (32), and if part-time the number of hours per pay period (33).  The Service Computation Date (Block 31) is not necessarily the date on which an employee began his/her civil service career: if an employee left civil service and then later returned, the date is adjusted to a date which would reflect no break in service.

Blocks 34 through 39 list employee data fields pertaining to the position as of the effective date of the SF 50.  These blocks list the type of position occupied (34), whether the position is or is not exempt from [[Fair Labor Standards Act|FLSA]] (35), the appropriation code (36), bargaining unit status (37), and the code and location of the employee's duty station (38 and 39).

Blocks 34 through 39 list employee data fields pertaining to the position as of the effective date of the SF 50.  These blocks list the type of position occupied (34), whether the position is or is not exempt from [[Fair Labor Standards Act|FLSA]] (35), the appropriation code (36), bargaining unit status (37), and the code and location of the employee's duty station (38 and 39).