5 CFR § 511.608 - Employee representatives.

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title: "5 CFR § 511.608 - Employee representatives."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "511.608"
section_name: "Employee representatives."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "511"
part_name: "CLASSIFICATION UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 5115, 5338, 5351."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 12445, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 511.608 Employee representatives.

An employee may select a representative of his or her choice to assist in the preparation and presentation of an appeal. An agency may disallow an employee's representative when the individual's activities as a representative would cause a conflict of interest or position; an employee who cannot be released from his or her official duties because of the priority needs of the Government; or an employee whose release would give rise to unreasonable costs to the Government.