5 C.F.R. § 575.205 Applicability to employees.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 575—RECRUITMENT, RELOCATION, AND RETENTION INCENTIVES; SUPERVISORY DIFFERENTIALS; AND EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVES
Subpart B—Relocation Incentives
§ 575.205 Applicability to employees.
(a) An agency may pay a relocation incentive under the conditions prescribed in this subpart to—
(1) An employee of the Federal Government who must relocate to a different geographic area without a break in service to accept a position listed in §575.203 in an agency when the position is likely to be difficult to fill as determined under §575.206; or
(2) An employee of an agency who must relocate to a different geographic area (permanently or temporarily) to accept a position listed in §575.203 when the position is likely to be difficult to fill as determined under §575.206.
(b) An agency may pay a relocation incentive under paragraph (a) of this section when an employee must relocate to accept a position or assignment in a different geographic area. A position is considered to be in a different geographic area if the worksite of the new position is 50 or more miles from the worksite of the position held immediately before the move. If the worksite of the new position is less than 50 miles from the worksite of the position held immediately before the move, but the employee must relocate (i.e., establish a new residence) to accept the position, an authorized agency official may waive the 50-mile requirement and pay the employee a relocation incentive subject to the requirements of this subpart. In all cases, the employee must establish a residence in the new geographic area before the agency may pay a relocation incentive to the employee.
(c) A relocation incentive may be paid only when the employee's rating of record (or an official performance appraisal or evaluation under a system not covered by 5 U.S.C. chapter 43 or 5 CFR part 430) for the position held immediately before the move is at least “Fully Successful” or equivalent.
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