GSFC-GESTA Collective Bargaining Agreement
Article 12 Details
SECTION 12.01 A detail is the temporary assignment of an employee to a different position or set of duties for a specified period with the employee returning to his/her regular position at the end of the detail. Management may detail employees to meet special workload requirements, to temporarily replace employees who are absent or in other situations where such actions will result in a more effective administration of work assignments. All details shall be made in accordance with appropriate rules and regulations and this Agreement.
SECTION 12.02 Management shall control the duration of details and assure that details do not compromise the open-competitive principle of the merit system or the principles of job evaluation. Details must be limited to an initial period of not more than 120 days with extensions in not more than 120 day increments up to a maximum total of:
a. 1 year for details to positions at either the same, higher or lower grade level; or
b. 1 year for details to unclassified positions.
Extensions beyond these limitations will require prior approval from the Office of Human Resources (OHR).
In the administration of a. above, a detail into a higher graded position or a position with a higher promotion potential than the detailed employee has shall not be utilized solely to provide an employee an opportunity to gain qualifying experience or to prevent others from gaining qualifying experience for the position.
SECTION 12.03
a. Details in excess of thirty (30) days will be recorded on Standard Form (SF) 52 (Personnel Action Request) with appropriate statement of duties or classified position description which must be forwarded to the OHCM through normal management approval channels and maintained as a permanent record in the Official Personnel Folder (OPF).
b. Except for brief periods, an employee should not be detailed to perform work of a higher grade level unless there are compelling reasons for doing so. Details in excess of sixty (60) days to a higher graded position must be accomplished through the NASA Competitive Placement Plan (NHB 3335.1C) and this Agreement. Details in excess of 120 days to a position with projected promotion potential must be accomplished through the NASA Competitive Placement Plan and this Agreement. No later than ninety (90) days after a competitive detail to a higher graded position, an employee shall be given a temporary promotion. The SF 52 and appropriate position description to initiate such personnel actions must be forwarded to the OHCM through normal management channels for competitive placement actions.
c. Details of thirty (30) days or less need not be documented in the OPF. However, if circumstances subsequently make necessary the extension of such a detail beyond the thirty (30) days, an SF 52 will be prepared and forwarded to the OHCM showing as the effective date the day on which the employee began performing the new duties, thereby giving the employee full credit for all work performed during the detail.
SECTION 12.04 Management agrees that normally positions in the Units will be filled by Unit employees, as appropriate, when details of more than thirty (30) days are required.
SECTION 12.05 Supervisors shall notify the employee at least ten (10) workdays prior to the detail unless there are unusual circumstances which would preclude such notice. The supervisor shall discuss the assignment with the employee upon the employee's request. If the detail is to an off-site location within the commuting area of the Center, the notification will be at least ten (10) workdays prior to the detail unless there are unusual circumstances which preclude the notice. If the location is off-site and outside the commuting area, the same conditions apply with at least a twenty (20) workdays notice.
SECTION 12.06 The officially assigned supervisor remains responsible for requests for personnel action and assignment of performance ratings. The supervisor to whom the employee is detailed is responsible for making work assignments and monitoring job conduct and performance as provided for in Article 31 of this Agreement.
