{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-316.303","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 316.303","heading":"Tenure of term employees.","body":"(a) A term employee does not acquire a competitive status on the basis of his term appointment.\n(b) The employment of a term employee ends automatically on the expiration of his term appointment unless he has been separated earlier in accordance with this chapter.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 316—TEMPORARY AND TERM EMPLOYMENT","Subpart C—Term Employment"],"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":"eb68d2f6660d7ca97c941d0381ac61b1f8b79d5ae5b1314e086e55143a364bc0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-316.302","next":"us/5-cfr-316.304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}