CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 575—RECRUITMENT, RELOCATION, AND RETENTION INCENTIVES; SUPERVISORY DIFFERENTIALS; AND EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVES > SUBPART A—Recruitment Incentives (§575.101 to §575.114) > 575.105—Applicability to employees.

575.105—Applicability to employees.

(a) A recruitment incentive may be paid under the conditions prescribed in this subpart to an employee who is newly appointed to a position listed in § 575.103 that is likely to be difficult to fill, as determined under § 575.106.
(b) An agency may target groups of similar positions (excluding positions covered by § 575.103(b), (c), or (e) or those in similar categories approved by OPM under § 575.103(g)) that have been difficult to fill in the past or that may be difficult to fill in the future and make the required determination to offer a recruitment incentive to newly-appointed employees on a group basis.
(c) An agency may not commence a recruitment incentive service agreement during—
(1) A period of employment established under any service agreement required for a relocation incentive under 5 CFR part 575, subpart B, or
(2) A period of employment established under any service agreement required for a retention incentive or for which an employee receives retention incentive payments without a service agreement under 5 CFR part 575, subpart C.

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[70 FR 25740, May 13, 2005, as amended at 72 FR 67838, Dec. 3, 2007]