[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: 5CFR351.805]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 351--REDUCTION IN FORCE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart H--Notice to Employee
 
Sec. 351.805  New notice required.

    (a) An employee is entitled to a written notice of at least 60 full 
days if the agency decides to take an action more severe than first 
specified.
    (b) An agency must give an employee an amended written notice if the 
reduction in force is changed to a later date. A reduction in force 
action taken after the date specified in the notice given to the 
employee is not invalid for that reason, except when it is challenged by 
a higher-standing employee in the competitive level who is reached out 
of order for a reduction in force action as a result of the change in 
dates.
    (c) An agency must give an employee an amended written notice and 
allow the employee to decide whether to accept a better offer of 
assignment under

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subpart G of this part that becomes available before or on the effective 
date of the reduction in force. The agency must give the employee the 
amended notice regardless of whether the employee has accepted or 
rejected a previous offer of assignment, provided that the employee has 
not voluntarily separated from his or her official position.

[62 FR 62502, Nov. 24, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 25623, May 3, 2000]