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Code of Federal Regulations Title 5. Administrative Personnel § 5.359.501 General

Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) Coverage.

(1) This subpart covers—

(i) A career appointee who has completed the probationary period in the SES;  and

(ii) A career appointee who is not required to serve a probationary period in the SES.

(2) This subpart does not cover, however, a career appointee who is serving as a reemployed annuitant. See subpart I of this part for removal of a reemployed annuitant.

(b) Definitions—

(1) Final rating means the rating of record made by an appointing authority under the SES performance appraisal system in accordance with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(3) and part 430, subpart C, of this chapter.

(2) A less than fully successful final rating means a rating of unsatisfactory or minimally satisfactory.

(c) Optional removal from the SES. The agency may remove a career appointee from the SES after the appointee has been given one final rating of unsatisfactory.

(d) Mandatory removal from the SES. The agency must remove a career appointee from the SES after—

(1) The appointee has been given two final ratings of unsatisfactory within 5 consecutive years;  or

(2) The appointee has been given two final ratings of less than fully successful within 3 consecutive years.

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