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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gs-14, gs-15, and SES (or equivalents): in what circumstances do you pay for things out of pocket for your staff?

I am a newer GS-15 and am just curious how others handle this as I have often found myself questioning what is appropriate.  In my federal experience, I’ve had leaders who give a small token gift around end of year holidays (think mug etc) and would take their direct reports out to lunch at end of year.  This would include feds and contractors.

As a supervisor, I have always had a combination of local and non local staff.  So instead of a lunch, I typically have given a small gift card or similar at end of year ($10-20).  I’ve also often done a small gift card at Public Service Recognition Week to cover a cup of coffee, which is something I picked up from my leadership.  I coordinate baby and wedding showers, and give gifts for that as well as for first time home purchases.  I do these things for both feds and contractors.  I also occasionally buy lunch - maybe 1-2x year, typically in a situation where lunch may be $10-15 per person.  I budget a few hundred dollars for this sort of thing from my personal funds throughout the year.[/quote]

Too high risk from ethics perspective. Is your ethics lawyer ok with all of these?[/quote]

nothing in ethics rules prohibits this and it is common practice[/quote]

says you or  your ethics officer? def not common in my agency. [/quote]

ethics rules say employees cannot buy gifts for their supervisors but not the other way around

and in my agency, it is definitely common for the senior staff to either outright pay for or kick in a lot more toward a baby gift, holiday lunch, retirement gift, etc. [/quote]

Yeah but to your contractors too? Like op is doing?[/quote]

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