Requirement That Pay Periods of Heads of Agencies Be Monthly Rather Than Biweekly]

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JULY 6. THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES AND THE HEADS OF SIX OF THE THIRTY COMMISSIONS SERVICED BY GSA ARE PAID SEMIMONTHLY. ONE OF THE SIX COMMISSIONS WHOSE COMMISSIONERS ARE PAID SEMIMONTHLY BY GSA. GSA WILL ELIMINATE MANUAL PREPARATION OF CHECKS AND OBLIGE THE FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION. IS RELUCTANT TO BEGIN PAYING ALL EMPLOYEES BIWEEKLY WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS APPROVAL. ALTHOUGH THE REASON THAT HEADS OF AGENCIES ARE PAID MONTHLY OR SEMIMONTHLY IS OBSCURE. IN THIS REGARD YOUR LETTER STATES AS FOLLOWS: "THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL IS PAID MONTHLY OR BIWEEKLY IS THAT THE STATUTES ESTABLISHING THE TWO PAY PERIODS HAVE DIFFERENT RULES FOR CONVERTING A YEAR'S OR MONTH'S PAY TO A FRACTION WITH THE EFFECT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO TAKES LEAVE OR SEPARATES FROM THE CIVIL SERVICES IN MID- MONTH AND WHO IS PAID MONTHLY CAN RECEIVE LESS COMPENSATION FOR SERVICE PERFORMED THAN AN INDIVIDUAL PAID BIWEEKLY.".