Federal · Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
5 U.S.C. § 7501: Definitions
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“employee” means an individual in the competitive service who is not serving a probationary or trial period under an initial appointment or who has completed 1 year of current continuous employment in the same or similar positions under other than a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or less; and “suspension” means the placing of an employee, for disciplinary reasons, in a temporary status without duties and pay.
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