5 CFR § 340.403 - Intermittent employment.

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title: "5 CFR § 340.403 - Intermittent employment."
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title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "340.403"
section_name: "Intermittent employment."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "340"
part_name: "OTHER THAN FULL-TIME CAREER EMPLOYMENT (PART-TIME, SEASONAL, ON-CALL, AND INTERMITTENT)"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 3401  unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 57380, Oct. 5, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 340.403 Intermittent employment.

(a) *Appropriate use.* An intermittent work schedule is appropriate only when the nature of the work is sporadic and unpredictable so that a tour of duty cannot be regularly scheduled in advance. When an agency is able to schedule work in advance on a regular basis, it has an obligation to document the change in work schedule from intermittent to part-time or full-time to ensure proper service credit.

(b) *Noncompetitive movement.* Intermittent employees serving under career appointment may move to other positions in the same way as other regular career employees.