CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 531—PAY UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE > SUBPART E—Quality Step Increases (§531.501 to §531.508) > 531.503—Purpose of quality step increases.

531.503—Purpose of quality step increases.

The purpose of quality step increases is to provide appropriate incentives and recognition for excellence in performance by granting faster than normal step increases.

Code of Federal Regulations

[60 FR 43948, Aug. 23, 1995]