{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-591.236","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 591.236","heading":"When do COLA and post differential payments end?","body":"Subject to § 591.237(a), agencies stop paying an employee a COLA or post differential on—\n(a) Separation,\n(b) The effective date of assignment or transfer to a new official worksite outside the COLA or post differential area, or\n(c) In the case of an employee on detail to temporary duty in a post differential area, the ending date of the detail.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 591—ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS","Subpart B—Cost-of-Living Allowance and Post Differential—Nonforeign Areas"],"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":"39c18eff833f44b37b7156a68da7be3e0c29a71e5fb6821e8c77d5b4c752c9bd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-591.235","next":"us/5-cfr-591.237"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}