Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 17.11.1998

Temporary and Term Employment

As part of continuing efforts to streamline the appointing system, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations on nonpermanent employment. These regulations eliminate ``outside-the-register authority'' for term appointments; permit OPM to extend the length of term appointments when justified; clarify the crediting of prior service for the required trial period, and allow certain excepted service employees whose positions are brought into the competitive service to serve the full 4-year period allowed for term appointment. The regulations also add several categories of individuals to the list of those eligible for noncompetitive temporary and term appointments on the basis that they are currently eligible for permanent appointment and also clarifies the conditions for making nonpermanent appointments based on a veteran's eligibility for a veterans readjustment appointment (VRA). To help agencies control the costs of workers' compensation by returning more injured employees to duty, the regulations permit the reappointment of injured non-permanent employees to any position for which qualified.