5 CFR § 752.202 - Standard for action.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s752.202"
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title: "5 CFR § 752.202 - Standard for action."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "752.202"
section_name: "Standard for action."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "752"
part_name: "ADVERSE ACTIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 6329b, 7504, 7514, 7515, and 7543; 38 U.S.C. 7403. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 63532, Dec. 4, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 752.202 Standard for action.

(a) An agency may take action under this subpart for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service as set forth in 5 U.S.C. 7503(a).

(b) An agency may not take a suspension against an employee on the basis of any reason prohibited by 5 U.S.C. 2302.

[74 FR 63532, Dec. 4, 2009, as amended at 85 FR 65985, Oct. 16, 2020; 87 FR 67782, Nov. 10, 2022]