Recruitment, Relocation and Retention Incentives

It is up to the agency to decide how long to set the service period, within certain limitations (e.g., it cannot be shorter than 6 months for a recruitment incentive or longer than 4 years for a recruitment or relocation incentive). Since the reason for the incentive is to attract a candidate to accept a position or to encourage an employee to relocate to a position-and remain at that position-the agency should consider what service period would best help achieve these objectives, i.e., what the agency believes to be a reasonable period of service for the amount of incentive it is willing to pay.