5 C.F.R. § 9901.606 Competitive group.
Title 5 - Administrative Personnel
(a) The Secretary will establish separate competitive groups for employees— (1) In the excepted and competitive service; (2) Under different excepted service appointment authorities; and (3) With different work schedules (e.g., full-time, part-time, seasonal, intermittent). (b) The Secretary may further define competitive groups on the basis of one or more of the following considerations: (1) Career group; (2) Pay schedule; (3) Occupational series or specialty; (4) Pay band; or (5) Trainee status. (c) An employee is placed into a competitive group based on the employee's official position of record. An employee's official position description may be supplemented with other applicable records that document the employee's actual duties and responsibilities. (d) The competitive group includes the official positions of employees on a detail or other nonpermanent assignment to a different position from the competitive group. (e) Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 9902(f)(4) and (m)(7), the establishment of a competitive group under the authority of this subpart is not subject to collective bargaining.
Title 5: Administrative Personnel
PART 9901—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS SYSTEMS
Subpart F—Workforce Shaping
§ 9901.606 Competitive group.
