5 U.S.C. § 3330e — Review of official personnel file of former Federal employees before rehiring
submitted 10 years ago by Pub. L. 114-328 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 148 words · no verdicts yet
This section covers Review of official personnel file of former Federal employees before rehiring. It sets out the rules, duties, limits, and procedures stated in the section.
(a) If a former Government employee is a candidate for a position within the competitive service or the excepted service, before making any determination about the appointment or reinstatement of such employee to such position, the appointing authority must review and consider merit-based information relating to such employee’s former period or periods of service such as official personnel actions, employee performance ratings, and disciplinary actions, if any, in such employee’s official personnel record file. (b) In subsection (a), the term “former Government employee” means an individual whose most recent position with the Government before becoming a candidate as described under subsection (a) was within the competitive service or the excepted service. (c) The Office of Personnel Management must prescribe regulations to carry out the purpose of this section. Such regulations cannot contain provisions that would increase the time required for agency hiring actions.
If a former Government employee is a candidate for a position within the competitive service or the excepted service, prior to making any determination with respect to the appointment or reinstatement of such employee to such position, the appointing authority shall review and consider merit-based information relating to such employee’s former period or periods of service such as official personnel actions, employee performance ratings, and disciplinary actions, if any, in such employee’s official personnel record file.
In subsection (a), the term “former Government employee” means an individual whose most recent position with the Government prior to becoming a candidate as described under subsection (a) was within the competitive service or the excepted service.
The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purpose of this section. Such regulations may not contain provisions that would increase the time required for agency hiring actions.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XI, § 1136(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2460.)
- 2016Enacted · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2460
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 114-328 on 2016-12-23.
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