Is it possible for an executive to receive acting pay in a succession of different positions without a short break in between?
The Directive on Executive Compensation indicates that successive acting appointments without a significant break between assignments do not require a new qualifying period; the directive does not set a specific period of time between acting periods. The deputy head has discretion to determine what is reasonable, but a reasonable period of time would suggest that the acting appointments would be within two or three weeks of each other (e.g. 21 calendar days).
