This claim category involves those Federal employees who retired, separated, or died during the specific six-year period from 1993 to 1999 with unused annual leave in their account, for which they were not paid properly in the following factual situation:

An annual pay increase went into effect during the period of the former employee’s unused annual leave (projecting forward from the date of retirement, separation, or death the number of days of unused annual leave), BUT the lump-sum payment, or a subsequent supplemental payment, did not include the pay increase that the employee would have earned if he or she had remained a Federal employee for the period of their unused annual leave instead of retiring, separating (or dying) when they did, or the employee did not receive a supplemental payment for the additional pay increase after the statutory increase went into effect.

Because there were more than 80,000 potential Class Members, the parties recognized early on that calculating each person’s award individually would be impractical. Instead, Class Members were placed into groups based on pay plan, grade, separation type and geographic area. Calculations were then performed by the Office of Personnel Management to find the average underpayment for each group, and that average was applied to each Class Member within the group.

The following is an example calculation, exclusive of interest:

General Schedule Employees
Grades 1 through 9
Separated in the continental United States

In addition to the back pay award, each qualified Class Members received interest of approximately 40% of the compound interest they would have received from the mid-year of the year of their retirement, separation, or death to June 30, 2005.

Due to the unexpectedly high rate of response, there were many more claim forms filed than anticipated. For this reason, the balance of the Settlement Fund was insufficient to fully pay all awards. After much consultation, it was decided that applying a pro rata percentage would be the most fair to the Class as a whole, as it would allow many more people to receive payment. Accordingly, a pro rata calculation was applied to each award.

This claim category involves those Federal employees who retired, separated, or died during the specific six-year period from 1993 to 1999 with unused annual leave in their account, for which they were not paid properly in the following factual situation:

An annual pay increase went into effect during the period of the former employee’s unused annual leave (projecting forward from the date of retirement, separation, or death the number of days of unused annual leave), BUT the lump-sum payment, or a subsequent supplemental payment, did not include the pay increase that the employee would have earned if he or she had remained a Federal employee for the period of their unused annual leave instead of retiring, separating (or dying) when they did, or the employee did not receive a supplemental payment for the additional pay increase after the statutory increase went into effect.

Because there were more than 80,000 potential Class Members, the parties recognized early on that calculating each person’s award individually would be impractical. Instead, Class Members were placed into groups based on pay plan, geographic area, range of unused leave hours and separation date in relation to that year Executive Order granting the statutory increase. Calculations were then performed by the Office of Personnel Management to find the average underpayment for each group, and that average was applied to each Class Member within the group.

The calculations for this group fall into two main groups, those people who separated prior to the President’s Executive Order granting a statutory increase and those who separated after it.

The following is an example calculation for Class Members who separated AFTER the President’s Executive Order:

So if, for example, you retired from Federal service as a member of the Senior Executive Service between the time the President’s Executive Order announcing the 1996 pay adjustment was issued and the beginning of the first full pay period of 1996, and you had between 501 and 750 hours of unused Annual Leave, your back pay award would be $850, exclusive of interest.

In addition to the back pay award, each qualified Class Member received interest of approximately 40% of the compound interest they would have received from the mid-year of the year of their retirement, separation, or death to June 30, 2005.

So if, for example, you retired from Federal service as a member of the Senior Foreign Service in September 1995, after the President’s Executive Order announcing the 1995 pay adjustment took effect, but before the announcement of the 1996 pay adjustment, and y