{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-315.502","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 315.502","heading":"Tenure on transfer.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT","Subpart E—Career or Career-Conditional Employment by Transfer"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"47bd9aa35c01671f7eb0104a6b59091d13e2db7a04caf9af349f68c979fc9c90","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-315.501","next":"us/5-cfr-315.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}