Code of Federal Regulations Title 5. Administrative Personnel § 5.536.308 Loss of eligibility for or termination of pay retention

(1) The employee has a break in service of 1 workday or more;

(2) The employee is entitled to a rate of basic pay under a covered pay system which is equal to or greater than the employee's retained rate (after applying any applicable geographic conversion under paragraph (b) of this section), except that entitlement to a retained rate will not be terminated based on entitlement to an equal or higher rate of basic pay during a temporary promotion or temporary reassignment but will be held in abeyance during that temporary period.

(3) The employee declines a reasonable offer (as determined under § 536.104) of a position in which the employee's rate of basic pay would be equal to or greater than the employee's retained rate (after applying any applicable geographic conversion under paragraph (b) of this section);

(4) The employee is reduced in grade for personal cause or at the employee's request (based on the actual grade of the employee's position rather than the employee's retained grade and, when a movement to a different covered pay system is involved, a comparison of comparison rates under § 536.105);  or

(5) The employee moves to a position not under a covered pay system.

(1) At the end of the day before separation from service if termination is the result of a break in service;

(2) At the end of the day before the employee becomes entitled to an equal or greater rate as described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section;

(3) At the end of the day before placement or movement if the termination is the result of the employee's placement in or movement to another position;  or

(4) At the end of the last day of the pay period in which the employee declines a reasonable offer.