5 CFR § 575.511 - What happens when an employee is involuntarily separated or involuntarily reassigned prior to completion of the service period?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s575.511"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 575.511 - What happens when an employee is involuntarily separated or involuntarily reassigned prior to completion of the service period?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "575.511"
section_name: "What happens when an employee is involuntarily separated or involuntarily reassigned prior to completion of the service period?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "575"
part_name: "RECRUITMENT, RELOCATION, AND RETENTION INCENTIVES; SUPERVISORY DIFFERENTIALS; AND EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 1104(a)(2) and 5307. Subparts A and B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5753. Subpart C also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5754. Subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5755. Subpart E also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5757 and sec. 207 Pub. L. 107-273, 116 Stat. 1780 (5 U.S.C. 5307 note)."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 12838, Mar. 28, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "575"
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# 575.511 What happens when an employee is involuntarily separated or involuntarily reassigned prior to completion of the service period?
An employee who is involuntarily separated or is involuntarily reassigned to a position outside the particular territory, possession, or commonwealth involved is not indebted to the Federal Government for any extended assignment incentive payments he or she has received. The employee is entitled to keep all incentive payments received and, if applicable, is entitled to receive any additional amount representing the difference between the amount received and the prorated share of the total incentive attributable to completed service. The employee may receive a portion or all of the incentive payment attributable to uncompleted service only to the extent provided in the service agreement.
[68 FR 53669, Sept. 12, 2003; 68 FR 56665, Oct. 1, 2003]