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Only a current Federal employee may appeal the classification of his or her position, and then the employee may appeal the classification of only his or her current, official position. An appeal cannot be processed, or must be cancelled, after the employee leaves the appealed position. The appeal choices available to an employee depends on whether the employee is a General Schedule (GS) employee or a Federal Wage System (FWS) employee.

If you are a current General Schedule employee, you may appeal at any time to your agency or directly to the Office of Personnel Management but not both at the same time.

Another option available to you as a General Schedule employee is to make your classification appeal to the Office of Personnel Management through your agency. Your agency must act on your appeal within 60 calendar days or forward it to the Office of Personnel Management for action. If your agency's decision on your appeal is not in your favor, your appeal is automatically forwarded to the Office of Personnel Management.

Generally, we recommend that you first seek an appeal decision from your agency. If you appeal to your agency and its decision is unfavorable, you can still appeal to us. However, if you appeal first to us and receive an unfavorable decision, you cannot then appeal to your agency.

If you are a current Federal Wage System employee, you must first appeal to your agency. Then, if you are dissatisfied with your agency's decision, you may appeal to the Office of Personnel Management. Your appeal to the Office of Personnel Management must be filed within 15 calendar days of the date you receive your agency's decision. You must tell us which specific part of your agency's decision you disagree with and why.

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