41 CFR § 302-3.202 - Re-employment after a separation by reduction in force or transfer of functions.

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title: "41 CFR § 302-3.202 - Re-employment after a separation by reduction in force or transfer of functions."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "302-3.202"
section_name: "Re-employment after a separation by reduction in force or transfer of functions."
chapter_number: 302
chapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
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subchapter_name: "RELOCATION ALLOWANCES"
part_number: "302-3"
part_name: "3—RELOCATION ALLOWANCE BY SPECIFIC TYPE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a)."
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# 302-3.202 Re-employment after a separation by reduction in force or transfer of functions.

If an employee is re-employed after a separation by reduction in force or transfer of function, their agency may pay them a relocation allowance under the conditions of this chapter if:

(a) The employee is re-employed within one year of their involuntary separation date;

(b) The new appointment is not temporary; and

(c) The new appointment is at a different duty station from where their separation occurred and meets the distance criteria in § 302-2.1 of this chapter for a short distance relocation.