Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 5 - Administrative Personnel last revised: Jan 28, 2026
§ 315.901 - Statutory requirement.

5 U.S.C. 3321 provides for “a period of probation . . . before initial appointment as a supervisor or manager becomes final.” It also says that a supervisor or manager “who does not satisfactorily complete the probationary period . . . shall be returned to a position of no lower grade and pay than the position from which the individual was transferred, assigned or promoted.” This subpart contains OPM regulations implementing those requirements of law.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302,3301,and. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729
source: 33 FR 12418, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 5 CFR 315.901