5 CFR § 591.236 - When do COLA and post differential payments end?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s591.236"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 591.236 - When do COLA and post differential payments end?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "591.236"
section_name: "When do COLA and post differential payments end?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "591"
part_name: "ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "591"
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# 591.236 When do COLA and post differential payments end?
Subject to § 591.237(a), agencies stop paying an employee a COLA or post differential on—
(a) Separation,
(b) The effective date of assignment or transfer to a new official worksite outside the COLA or post differential area, or
(c) In the case of an employee on detail to temporary duty in a post differential area, the ending date of the detail.