5 CFR § 11.6 - Appeals.

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title: "5 CFR § 11.6 - Appeals."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "11.6"
section_name: "Appeals."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE RULES"
part_number: "11"
part_name: "PROBATIONARY AND TRIAL PERIODS (RULE XI)"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729."
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# 11.6 Appeals.

(a) The Director of OPM may by regulation prescribe circumstances under and procedures by which employees terminated from a probationary or trial period may appeal such termination.

(b) Except as otherwise required by law, such appeals shall be the sole and exclusive means of appealing terminations during probationary or trial periods.