Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 5 - Administrative Personnel last revised: Feb 06, 2026
§ 351.602 - Prohibitions.

An agency may not release a competing employee from a competitive level while retaining in that level an employee with:

(a) A specifically limited temporary appointment;

(b) A specifically limited temporary or term promotion;

(c) A written decision under part 432 or 752 of this chapter of removal or demotion from the competitive level.

[51 FR 319, Jan. 3, 1986, as amended at 62 FR 62502, Nov. 24, 1997]
authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302,3502,3503; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729; 5 CFR 2.2(c). Sec. 351.801 also issued under E.O. 12828, 58 FR 2965
source: 51 FR 319, Jan. 3, 1986, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 5 CFR 351.602