How does a supervisor upgrade an encumbered position?
A. Send accretion requests to your servicing HR office with an updated PD and additional documentation describing: (1) The circumstances under which you assigned the additional responsibilities to the employee, and (2) The length of time that the employee has performed the higher level duties, B. In your request, you must certify that: (1) The employee will continue to perform the new duties in addition to those assigned in the initial PD, and (2) You are not denying another qualified employee an opportunity to compete for the same promotion. If more than one employee in the same office is eligible to apply for the new position, the HR office may not consider an accretion of duty request. Selection for the new position must be competitive in accordance with Merit Systems Principles. C. HR staff will: (1) Review the organizational structure, the proposed PD, and supporting documentation to determine: (a) The occupational series, title, and grade of the new position based on the addition
