[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR752.101]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 752--ADVERSE ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart A--Principal Statutory Requirements for Suspension for 14 Days 
                                 or Less
 
Sec. 752.101  Principal statutory requirements.


    This subpart incorporates the principal statutory requirements for 
suspensions for 14 days or less, found in subchapter II of chapter 75 of 
title 5, United States Code.

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                       CHAPTER 75--ADVERSE ACTIONS

              Subchapter I--Suspension for 14 Days or Less

                         Sec. 7501. Definitions

    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.

                       Sec. 7502. Actions covered

    This subchapter applies to a suspension for 14 days or less, but 
does not apply to a suspension under section 7521 or 7532 of this title 
or any action initiated under section 1206 of this title.

                     Sec. 7503. Cause and procedure

    (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel 
Management, an employee may be suspended for 14 days or less for such 
cause as will promote the efficiency of the service (including 
discourteous conduct to the public confirmed by an immediate 
supervisor's report of four such instances within any one-year period or 
any other pattern of discourteous conduct).
    (b) An employee against whom a suspension for 14 days or less is 
proposed is entitled to--
    (1) an advance written notice stating the specific reasons for the 
proposed action;
    (2) a reasonable time to answer orally and in writing and to furnish 
affidavits and other documentary evidence in support of the answer;
    (3) be represented by an attorney or other representative; and
    (4) a written decision and the specific reasons therefor at the 
earliest practicable date.
    (c) Copies of the notice of proposed action, the answer of the 
employee if written, a summary thereof if made orally, the notice of 
decision and reasons therefor, and any order effecting the suspension, 
together with any supporting material, shall be maintained by the agency 
and shall be furnished to the Merit Systems Protection Board upon its 
request and to the employee affected upon the employee's request.

                         Sec. 7504. Regulations

    The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations to 
carry out the purpose of this subchapter.