I have an employee who will be retiring on/about 2 January 2025 and wants to know the effect of their retirement date on their payout. Will those who were on the rolls at the end of the AcqDemo rating period (30 Sept) get their one-time bonus pay in January regardless of whether they retired before the actual payout or not?
September 2, 2026

I have an employee who will be retiring on/about 2 January 2025 and wants to know the effect of their retirement date on their payout. Will those who were on the rolls at the end of the AcqDemo rating period (30 Sept) get their one-time bonus pay in January regardless of whether they retired before the actual payout or not?

Per Army AcqDemo rules, everyone in the pay pool on 30 Sept gets their payout.…
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I have an employee who is departing their current AcqDemo organization on 1 September and moving to another AcqDemo organization. Will they be able to participate in either the losing or the gaining organization’s pay pool?
September 2, 2026

I have an employee who is departing their current AcqDemo organization on 1 September and moving to another AcqDemo organization. Will they be able to participate in either the losing or the gaining organization’s pay pool?

The employee will participate in the gaining pay pool. The employee could complete the self-assessment…
Stefanie Pidgeon
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Can an employee receive a salary increase if moving to a position with a higher control point, but within the same broadband level? EX.) A supervisory position will most likely have a higher control point than a non-supervisory position within the same broadband (NH04).
September 2, 2026

Can an employee receive a salary increase if moving to a position with a higher control point, but within the same broadband level? EX.) A supervisory position will most likely have a higher control point than a non-supervisory position within the same broadband (NH04).

Salary increases within a broadband level can only occur within the annual CCAS appraisal process.…
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Under AcqDemo, we used to have the choice of whether to calculate the WGI Buy-in for the date of the last WGI or from the date of the QSI. Is that still an option under the new AcqDemo FRN?
September 2, 2026

Under AcqDemo, we used to have the choice of whether to calculate the WGI Buy-in for the date of the last WGI or from the date of the QSI. Is that still an option under the new AcqDemo FRN?

The Buy-in is calculated from the effective date of the last within-grade-increase, not the effective…
Stefanie Pidgeon
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I have an employee who was out on extended Sick Leave from Dec. 18, 2025 – April 11, 2026. Is a midpoint required to be completed for the Oct. 1, 2026 – March 31, 2026 timeframe even though they were in the office for less than three months?
September 2, 2026

I have an employee who was out on extended Sick Leave from Dec. 18, 2025 – April 11, 2026. Is a midpoint required to be completed for the Oct. 1, 2026 – March 31, 2026 timeframe even though they were in the office for less than three months?

The employee can receive a mid-point at the natural half-way mark, i.e. ~Early July.
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