5 CFR § 2421.17 - Regular and substantially equivalent employment.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s2421.17"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 2421.17 - Regular and substantially equivalent employment."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2421.17"
section_name: "Regular and substantially equivalent employment."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL SERVICE IMPASSES PANEL"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY"
part_number: "2421"
part_name: "MEANING OF TERMS AS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 431; 5 U.S.C. 7134."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 3497, Jan. 17, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2421"
---
# 2421.17 Regular and substantially equivalent employment.
*Regular and substantially equivalent employment* means employment that entails substantially the same amount of work, rate of pay, hours, working conditions, location of work, kind of work, and seniority rights, if any, of an employee prior to the cessation of employment in an agency because of any unfair labor practice under 5 U.S.C. 7116.