CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 330—RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL) > SUBPART E—Restrictions To Protect Competitive Principles (§330.501 to §330.505) > 330.501—General restriction on movement after competitive appointment.

330.501—General restriction on movement after competitive appointment.

An agency may promote an employee or reassign him to a different line of work, or to a different geographical area, and it may transfer a present employee or reinstate a former employee of the same or another agency to a higher grade or different line of work, or to a different geographical area, only after 3 months have elapsed since the employee's latest nontemporary competitive appointment. OPM may waive the restriction against movement to a different geographical area when it is satisfied that the waiver is consistent with the principles of open competition.

Code of Federal Regulations

[37 FR 11965, June 16, 1972]

Code of Federal Regulations

Effective Date Note: At 75 FR 67593, Nov. 3, 2010, part 330 was revised, effective Mar. 3, 2011. For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows: PART 330—RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND PLACEMENT (GENERAL) § 330.501 Purpose. The restrictions in this subpart are designed to prevent circumvention of the open competitive examination system defined in Civil Service Rule 1.3 (5 CFR 1.3 ). These restrictions limit an appointee's immediate movement to another position after appointment from a competitive certificate of eligibles.