Part 315 - Career and Career-Conditional Employment

Part 315 up to date from eCFR as of Sep 20, 2025; last amended Aug 11, 2025.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1302, 3301, and 3302. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729.

Source: 33 FR 12418, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 315 appear at 70 FR 72067, Dec. 1, 2005.

Table of Contents

• Subpart A - Subpart A [Reserved]

• Subpart B - The Career-Conditional Employment System

  • § 315.201 Service requirement for career tenure.
  • § 315.202 Conversion from career-conditional to career tenure.

• Subpart C - Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Registers

  • § 315.301 Tenure on appointment from register.
  • § 315.302 Acquisition of competitive status.

• Subpart D - Career or Career-Conditional Employment by Reinstatement

  • § 315.401 Reinstatement.
  • § 315.402 Tenure on reinstatement.
  • § 315.403 Acquisition of competitive status.

• Subpart E - Career or Career-Conditional Employment by Transfer

  • § 315.501 Transfer.
  • § 315.502 Tenure on transfer.
  • § 315.503 Acquisition of competitive status.

• Subpart F - Career or Career-Conditional Appointment Under Special Authorities

  • § 315.601 Appointment of former employees of the Canal Zone Merit System or Panama Canal Employment System.
  • § 315.602 Appointment based on service in the Office of the President or Vice-President or on the White House Staff.
  • § 315.603 Appointment based on former incumbency of a position brought into the competitive service.
  • § 315.604 Employment of disabled veterans who have completed a training course under Chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code.
  • § 315.605 Appointment of former ACTION volunteers.
  • § 315.606 Noncompetitive appointment of certain present and former Foreign Service officers and employees.
  • § 315.607 Noncompetitive appointment of present and former Peace Corps personnel.
  • § 315.608 Noncompetitive appointment of certain former overseas employees.
  • § 315.609 Appointment based on service in United States positions of the Panama Canal Commission.
  • § 315.610 Noncompetitive appointment of certain National Guard technicians.
  • § 315.611 Appointment of certain veterans who have competed under agency merit promotion announcements.
  • § 315.612 Noncompetitive appointment of certain military spouses.
  • § 315.613 Appointment of current and former land management eligibles serving under time-limited appointments.
  • § 315.614 Hiring authority for college graduates.

• Subpart G - Conversion to Career or Career-Conditional Employment From Other Types of Employment

  • § 315.701 Incumbents of positions brought into the competitive service.
  • § 315.702 Employees serving without competitive examination in rare cases.
  • § 315.703 Employees formerly reached on a register.
  • § 315.704 Conversion to career employment from indefinite or temporary employment.
  • § 315.705 Employees serving under transitional or veterans recruitment appointments.
  • § 315.706 Certain nonpermanent employees of the Department of Energy.
  • § 315.707 Disabled veterans.
  • § 315.708 [Reserved]
  • § 315.709 Appointment for Persons With Disabilities.
  • § 315.710 Professional and administrative career employees serving under Schedule B appointments.
  • § 315.711 Readers, interpreters, and personal assistants serving under Schedule A appointments.
  • § 315.712 [Reserved]
  • § 315.713 Conversion based on service in a Pathways Program under part 362 of this chapter.
  • § 315.714 Conversion based on service in a post-secondary student appointment under part 316, subpart I, of this chapter.
  • § 315.725 Disqualifications.

• Subpart H - Subpart H [Reserved]

• Subpart I - Probation on Initial Appointment to a Supervisory or Managerial Position

  • § 315.901 Statutory requirement.
  • § 315.902 Definitions.
  • § 315.903 Coverage.
  • § 315.904 Basic requirement.
  • § 315.905 Length of the probationary period.
  • § 315.906 Crediting service toward completion of the probationary period.
  • § 315.907 Failure to complete the probationary period.
  • § 315.908 Appeals.
  • § 315.909 Relationship to other actions.