[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR351.601]

[Page 254]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 351_REDUCTION IN FORCE--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart F_Release From Competitive Level
 
Sec. 351.601  Order of release from competitive level.


    (a) Each agency shall select competing employees for release from a 
competitive level under this part in the inverse order of retention 
standing, beginning with the employee with the lowest retention standing 
on the retention register. An agency may not release a competing 
employee from a competitive level while retaining in that level an 
employee with lower retention standing except:
    (1) As required under Sec. 351.606 when an employee is retained 
under a mandatory exception or under Sec. 351.806 when an employee is 
entitled to a new written notice of reduction in force; or
    (2) As permitted under Sec. 351.607 when an employee is retained 
under a permissive continuing exception or under Sec. 351.608 when an 
employee is retained under a permissive temporary exception.
    (b) When employees in the same retention subgroup have identical 
service dates and are tied for release from a competitive level, the 
agency may select any tied employee for release.