5 CFR § 315.705 - Employees serving under transitional or veterans recruitment appointments.

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title: "5 CFR § 315.705 - Employees serving under transitional or veterans recruitment appointments."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "315.705"
section_name: "Employees serving under transitional or veterans recruitment appointments."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "315"
part_name: "CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, and 3302. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729.Secs. 315.601 and 315.609 also issued under 22 U.S.C. 3651 and 3652."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 12418, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "315"
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# 315.705 Employees serving under transitional or veterans recruitment appointments.

(a) *Agency action.* (1) An agency shall convert the employment of an employee who has served continuously under a transitional appointment for at least 1 year to career or career-conditional employment within 90 calendar days after he completes the program of education or training approved for him.

(2) Within 30 calendar days after an employee completes (i) 2 years of substantially continuous service under a veterans recruitment appointment or under a combination of transitional and veterans recruitment appointments and (ii) his training or educational programs, the employing agency shall convert his appointment to career or career-conditional employment.

(b) *Tenure.* Upon conversion of his employment, the employee becomes:

(1) A career-conditional employee, except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section;

(2) A career employee if he has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it by § 315.201(c).

(c) *Acquisition of competitive status.* An employee whose employment is converted to career or career-conditional employment under this section, acquires a competitive status automatically on conversion.

[35 FR 5661, Apr. 8, 1970. Redesignated at 44 FR 63080, Nov. 2, 1979]