[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: 5CFR317.303]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 317_EMPLOYMENT IN THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart C_Conversion to the Senior Executive Service
 
Sec. 317.303  Status of employees who decline voluntary conversion to 
the Senior Executive Service.

    (a) An employee who declines conversion pursuant to Sec. 
317.302(a)(4) or Sec. 317.302(d)(4) shall remain in his/her current 
appointment and pay system, and shall retain the grade, seniority, and 
other rights and benefits associated with such type of appointment and 
pay system. The employee may continue in the current SES position or be 
reassigned to another position within or outside the Senior Executive 
Service.
    (b) The assignment of an employee who declines conversion under this 
subpart shall not result in the separation or reduction in grade of any 
other employee in the agency.
    (c) Nothing in these regulations affects an agency's right to 
terminate a limited executive appointment pursuant to Civil Service Rule 
IX.

[45 FR 8541, Feb. 8, 1980, as amended at 45 FR 19213, Mar. 25, 1980]