1. HR Enters Quality Step Increase (QSI) Performance Based Award

2. A POINT TO REMEMBER A QSI Does Not start a new waiting Period. Handbook 32-PM, par. 69B.

3. Select “Par Processing”

4. Click on “HR Processing”

5. Enter the employee’s EmpowHR ID or other Desired search criteria and press enter.

6. Enter the effective date for the action. Enter the authorization date for the action. Enter “PAY” (pay rate change) for Action Code Enter QSI for Reason Code Enter NOA 892. NOTE: For CE employees, this Will say “Quality INC” but for GS employees It will say “Irregular Performance Pay”. Also, for GS employees, you’ll need to enter authority code RBM instead of 999.

7. Click on “par remarks”

8. Enter “499” Enter “FY 2007 Performance Rating was Outstanding” Click “OK”

9. Click on “justification”

10. Enter “FY 2007 Performance Rating was Outstanding Click “OK”

11. Click on the “compensation” tab

12. 1. Enter the next step to effect the QSI 2. Verify the accuracy of the salary. 3. Click on the “data control” tab.

13. Click on “SAVE”

14. You should get a message that informs you the action was Successfully saved. Click on “OK”

15. Read the message and click “OK”

16. Click on the “print SF-52” button

17. Click on “view SF-52 Report”

18. To print the SF-52, click on the “printer icon”

19. VERIFY THE QSI APPLIED IN EMPOWHR

20. Click on “WORKLIST”

21. Cick on the blue link for the applicable Employee. NOTE: Should say “applied”

22. Transaction Status should say “Applied” To print employee copy of the SF-50 click On the “print SF-50” button.

23. Click on the “view SF-50 report” link

24. To print, click on the “printer icon” Click the “X” to exit the document

25. Click on “WORKLIST”

26. Click on “MARK WORKED” to remove the Action from your worklist if you no longer Need to track NOTE: The link was blue before you accessed it, but it Turns red to indicate the record was accessed.

27. VERIFY THE QSI APPLIED On the NFC Data Base

28. Select “IRIS” Sign onto NFC to verify award data applied on the NFC Data base.

29. Enter the applicable SSN and enter “303” for screen/menu

30. Verify the step given with the QSI applied. F1 to return to the main menu.

31. There are several screens you can check to Verify the QSI applied. Another is “101”.

32. Verify the step given with The QSI is correct.