AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-128 BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE 17 MAY 2019 Personnel PAY SETTING AND ALLOWANCES COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-publishing website at www.e-publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering. RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication. OPR: AF/A1C Certified by: SAF/MR Supersedes: AFI36-802, 1 September Pages: 57 1998 and AFI36-801, 22 December 2015 This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-1, Appropriated Funds Civilian Management and Administration. For pay setting, this instruction prescribes the Air Force policy for setting pay rates for appropriated fund civilian employees paid under the General Schedule (GS) or under the Federal Wage System (FWS). It also prescribes procedures for approving recruitment and relocation bonuses, retention allowances, and supervisory differentials. It does not apply to other pay systems that are a hybrid or specifically exempt from coverage under Title 5 (for example, Physicians and Dentists Pay Plan, Acquisition Demonstration Project, AF Research Laboratory Demonstration Project, etc.). For more information on pay setting for other pay systems, please refer to myPers article “9798”, Pay and Compensation knowledge article at https://mypers.af.mil/app/answers/detail/a_id/9798/kw/9798/p/3. For pay setting policy, it applies to the Air National Guard. For uniforms, this instruction establishes standards and conditions for furnishing uniforms or paying uniform allowances to direct hire Air Force employees paid from appropriated funds, including Title 5 United States Code (USC) employees of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. However, it does not apply to employees furnished uniforms or paid uniform allowances under other laws or regulations, such as medical and food service personnel. It does not apply to non-United States citizen employees furnished uniforms or paid uniform allowances under labor agreements concluded with another government; and to persons furnished special clothing under AFI 23-101, Air Force Material Management.2 AFI36-128 17 MAY 2019 This AFI may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements that directly implement this publication must be routed to AF/A1 for coordination prior to certification and approval. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication. Route AF Forms 847 from the field through the appropriate functional chain of command. The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance statement. See AFI33-360, Table 1.1. Tier Waiver Authorities for a description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority. Ensure that all records created as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained IAW Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of IAW the Air Force Records Information Management System (AFRIMS) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS). This Instruction requires the collection and or maintenance of information protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. section 552a, authorized by OPM/GPVT-1, General Personnel Records.