5 C.F.R. § 351.601 Order of release from competitive level.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 351—REDUCTION IN FORCE
Subpart F—Release From Competitive Level
§ 351.601 Order of release from competitive level.
(a) Each agency shall select competing employees for release from a competitive level under this part in the inverse order of retention standing, beginning with the employee with the lowest retention standing on the retention register. An agency may not release a competing employee from a competitive level while retaining in that level an employee with lower retention standing except:
(1) As required under §351.606 when an employee is retained under a mandatory exception or under §351.806 when an employee is entitled to a new written notice of reduction in force; or
(2) As permitted under §351.607 when an employee is retained under a permissive continuing exception or under §351.608 when an employee is retained under a permissive temporary exception.
(b) When employees in the same retention subgroup have identical service dates and are tied for release from a competitive level, the agency may select any tied employee for release.
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