[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR351.502]

[Page 245]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 351_REDUCTION IN FORCE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart E_Retention Standing
 
Sec. 351.502  Order of retention--excepted service.

    (a) Competing employees shall be classified on a retention register 
in tenure groups on the basis of their tenure of employment, veteran 
preference, length of service, and performance in descending order as 
set forth under Sec. 351.501(a) for competing employees in the 
competitive service.
    (b) Groups are defined as follows:
    (1) Group I includes each permanent employee whose appointment 
carries no restriction or condition such as conditional, indefinite, 
specific time limit, or trial period.
    (2) Group II includes each employee:
    (i) Serving a trial period; or
    (ii) Whose tenure is equivalent to a career-conditional appointment 
in the competitive service in agencies having such excepted 
appointments.
    (3) Group III includes each employee:
    (i) Whose tenure is indefinite (i.e., without specific time limit), 
but not actually or potentially permanent;
    (ii) Whose appointment has a specific time limitation of more than 1 
year; or
    (iii) Who is currently employed under a temporary appointment 
limited to 1 year or less, but who has completed 1 year of current 
continuous service under a temporary appointment with no break in 
service of 1 workday or more.

[60 FR 3063, Jan. 13, 1995]