[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR315.705]

[Page 164]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 315_CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart G_Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From 
                        Other Types of Employment
 
Sec. 315.705  Employees serving under transitional or veterans 
readjustment appointments.

    (a) Agency action. (1) An agency shall convert the employment of an 
employee who has served continuously under a transitional appointment 
for at least 1 year to career or career-conditional employment within 90 
calendar days after he completes the program of education or training 
approved for him.
    (2) Within 30 calendar days after an employee completes (i) 2 years 
of substantially continuous service under a veterans readjustment 
appointment or under a combination of transitional and veterans 
readjustment appointments and (ii) his training or educational programs, 
the employing agency shall convert his appointment to career or career-
conditional employment.
    (b) Tenure. Upon conversion of his employment, the employee becomes:
    (1) A career-conditional employee, except as provided in paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section;
    (2) A career employee if he has completed the service requirement 
for career tenure or is excepted from it by Sec. 315.201(c).
    (c) Acquisition of competitive status. An employee whose employment 
is converted to career or career-conditional employment under this 
section, acquires a competitive status automatically on conversion.

[35 FR 5661, Apr. 8, 1970. Redesignated at 44 FR 63080, Nov. 2, 1979]