Tenure on transfer.
5 C.F.R. § 315.502
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(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.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-5.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026
