5 U.S.C. § 7501 — Definitions

submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-454 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 76 words · no verdicts yet

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This section defines "employee" and "suspension" for the federal rules on short suspensions of government workers.

(1) "Employee" means someone in the competitive civil service who either isn't on probation or trial under a new appointment, or who has completed 1 year of continuous employment in the same or similar job under something other than a temporary appointment of 1 year or less. (2) "Suspension" means putting an employee, for disciplinary reasons, into a temporary status with no duties and no pay.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

For the purpose of this subchapter—

(1)

“employee” means an individual in the competitive service who is not serving a probationary or trial period under an initial appointment or who has completed 1 year of current continuous employment in the same or similar positions under other than a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or less; and

(2)

“suspension” means the placing of an employee, for disciplinary reasons, in a temporary status without duties and pay.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 95–454, title II, § 204(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1134; amended Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XI, § 1105(c)(3), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1024; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XI, § 1106(b)(2)(C), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1950.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-454 · 92 Stat. 1134
2015Amended · Pub. L. 114-92 · 129 Stat. 1024
2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 1950

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-454 on 1978-10-13.

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