5 CFR § 752.403 - Standard for action.

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title: "5 CFR § 752.403 - Standard for action."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "752.403"
section_name: "Standard for action."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "752"
part_name: "ADVERSE ACTIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 752.403 Standard for action.

(a) An agency may take an adverse action, including a performance-based adverse action or an indefinite suspension, under this subpart only for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service.

(b) An agency may not take an adverse action 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 65986, Oct. 16, 2020; 87 FR 67783, Nov. 10, 2022]