Recruitment, Relocation and Retention Incentives

For retention incentives that are paid when no service agreement is required, an agency must review each determination to pay the incentive at least annually to determine whether payment is still warranted.  An authorized agency official must certify this determination in writing.  An agency may continue paying a retention incentive to an employee when no service agreement is required as long as the conditions giving rise to the original determination to pay the incentive still exist.  (See 5 CFR 575.311(f).)