[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR315.801]

[Page 170]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 315_CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart H_Probation on Initial Appoinment to a Competitive Position
 
Sec. 315.801  Probationary period; when required.


    (a) The first year of service of an employee who is given a career 
or career-conditional appointment under this part is a probationary 
period when the employee:
    (1) Was appointed from a competitive list of eligibles established 
under subpart C of this part;
    (2) Was reinstated under subpart D of this part unless during any 
period of service which affords a current basis for reinstatement, the 
employee completed a probationary period or served with competitive 
status under an appointment which did not require a probationary period.
    (b) A person who is:
    (1) Transferred under Sec. 315.501; or
    (2) Promoted, demoted, or reassigned; before he completed probation 
is required to complete the probationary period in the new position.
    (c) A person who is reinstated from the Reemployment Priority List 
to a position in the same agency and the same commuting area does not 
have to serve a new probationary period, but, if separated during 
probation, is required to complete the probationary period in the new 
position.
    (d) Upon noncompetitive appointment to the competitive service under 
the Postal Reorganization Act (39 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), an employee of 
the Postal Career Service (including substitute and part-time flexible) 
who has not completed 1 year of Postal service, must serve the remainder 
of a 1-year probationary period in the new agency.
    (e) A person who is appointed to the competitive service either by 
special appointing authority or by conversion under subparts F or G of 
this part serves a 1-year probationary period unless specifically exempt 
from probation by the authority itself.

[33 FR 12418, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 39 FR 962, Jan. 4, 1974; 45 
FR 43365, June 27, 1980; 60 FR 54504, Oct. 16, 1995; 65 FR 14432, Mar. 
17, 2000]