[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR315.802]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 315--CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart H--Probation on Initial Appoinment to a Competitive Position
 
Sec. 315.802  Length of probationary period; crediting service.

    (a) The probationary period required by Sec. 315.801 is 1 year and 
may not be extended.
    (b) Prior Federal civilian service (including nonappropriated fund 
service) counts toward completion of probation when the prior service:
    (1) Is in the same agency, e.g., Department of the Army;
    (2) Is in the same line of work (determined by the employee's actual 
duties and responsibilities); and
    (3) Contains or is followed by no more than a single break in 
service that does not exceed 30 calendar days.
    (c) Periods of absence while in a pay status count toward completion 
of probation. Absence in nonpay status while on the rolls (other than 
for compensable injury or military duty) is creditable up to a total of 
22 workdays. Absence (whether on or off the rolls) due to compensable 
injury or military duty is creditable in full upon restoration to 
Federal service. Nonpay time in excess of 22 workdays extends the 
probationary period by an equal amount. An employee serving probation 
who leaves Federal service to become a volunteer with the Peace Corps or 
the Corporation for National and Community Service serves the remainder 
of the probationary period upon reinstatement provided the employee is 
reinstated within 90 days of termination of service as a volunteer or 
training for such service.
    (d) The probationary period for part-time employees is computed on 
the basis of calendar time, in the same manner as for full-time 
employees. For intermittent employees, i.e., those who do not have 
regularly scheduled tours of duty, each day or part of a day in pay 
status counts as 1 day of credit toward the 260 days in a pay status 
required for completion of probation. (However, the probationary period 
cannot be completed in less than 1 year of calendar time.)

[60 FR 53504, Oct. 16, 1995]

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