5 C.F.R. § 315.501 Transfer.
Subject to part 335 of this chapter, an agency may appoint by transfer to a competitive service position, without a break in service of a single workday, a current career or career-conditional employee of another agency.
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in effect5 C.F.R. § 315.502 Tenure on transfer.
(a) General rule. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a career employee who transfers remains a career employee and a career-conditional employee who transfers remains a career-conditional employee.
(b) Exceptions. (1) A career-conditional employee who transfers to a position required by law to be filled on a permanent basis becomes a career employee.
(2) A career employee who transfers from a position required by law to be filled on a permanent basis becomes a career-conditional employee unless he or she has completed the service requirement for career tenure.
5 C.F.R. § 315.503 Acquisition of competitive status.
An employee who was serving probation when he was appointed under § 315.501 acquires a competitive status automatically on completion of probation.
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