[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: 5CFR316.304]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 316_TEMPORARY AND TERM EMPLOYMENT--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart C_Term Employment
 
Sec. 316.304  Trial period.

    (a) The first year of service of a term employee is a trial period 
regardless of the method of appointment. Prior Federal civilian service 
is credited toward completion of the required trial period in the same 
manner as prescribed by Sec. 315.802 of this chapter.
    (b) The agency may terminate a term employee at any time during the 
trial period. The employee is entitled to the procedures set forth in 
Sec. 315.804 or Sec. 315.805 of this chapter as appropriate.

[33 FR 12423, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 63 FR 63783, Nov. 17, 1998]