5 C.F.R. § 351.704 Rights and prohibitions.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 351—REDUCTION IN FORCE
Subpart G—Assignment Rights (Bump and Retreat)
§ 351.704 Rights and prohibitions.
(a)(1) An agency may satisfy an employee's right to assignment under §351.701 by assignment to a vacant position under §351.201(b), or by assignment under any applicable administrative assignment provisions of §351.705, to a position having a representative rate equal to that the employee would be entitled under §351.701. An agency may also offer an employee assignment under §351.201(b) to a vacant position in lieu of separation by reduction in force under 5 CFR part 351. Any offer of assignment under §351.201(b) to a vacant position must meet the requirements set forth under §351.701.
(2) An agency may, at its discretion, choose to offer a vacant other-than-full-time position to a full-time employee or to offer a vacant full-time position to an other-than-full-time employee in lieu of separation by reduction in force.
(b) Section 351.701 does not:
(1) Authorize or permit an agency to assign an employee to a position having a higher representative rate;
(2) Authorize or permit an agency to displace a full-time employee by an other-than-full-time employee, or to satisfy an other-than-full-time employee's right to assignment by assigning the employee to a vacant full-time position.
(3) Authorize or permit an agency to displace an other-than-full-time employee by a full-time employee, or to satisfy a full-time employee's right to assignment by assigning the employee to a vacant other-than-full-time position.
(4) Authorize or permit an agency to assign a competing employee to a temporary position (i.e., a position under an appointment not to exceed 1 year), except as an offer of assignment in lieu of separation by reduction in force under this part when the employee has no right to a position under §351.701 or §351.704(a)(1) of this part. This option does not preclude an agency from, as an alternative, also using a temporary position to reemploy a competing employee following separation by reduction in force under this part.
(5) Authorize or permit an agency to displace an employee or to satisfy a competing employee's right to assignment by assigning the employee to a position with a different type of work schedule (e.g., full-time, part-time, intermittent, or seasonal) than the position from which the employee is released.
[51 FR 319, Jan. 3, 1986, as amended at 56 FR 65417, Dec. 17, 1991; 60 FR 3063, Jan. 13, 1995; 63 FR 63591, Nov. 16, 1998]
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