{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-575.308","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 575.308","heading":"Approval criteria and written determination.","body":"(a) An agency in its sole and exclusive discretion, subject only to OPM review and oversight, may approve a retention incentive for an individual employee or group or category of employees using the approval criteria in § 575.306.\n(b) For each determination to pay a retention incentive under this subpart, an agency must document in writing—\n(1) The basis for determining that the unusually high or unique qualifications of the employee (or group of employees) or a special need of the agency for the employee's (or group of employees') services makes it essential to retain the employee(s);\n(2) The basis for determining that the employee (or a significant number of employees in a group) would be likely to leave the Federal service in the absence of a retention incentive; and\n(3) The basis for establishing the amount and timing of the approved retention incentive payment and the length of the required service period.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 575—RECRUITMENT, RELOCATION, AND RETENTION INCENTIVES; SUPERVISORY DIFFERENTIALS; AND EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVES","Subpart C—Retention Incentives"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"71115f84850fb2a429edee593c7418cf915d760624862dc43537548302c99d4b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-575.307","next":"us/5-cfr-575.309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}