{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-340.403","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 340.403","heading":"Intermittent employment.","body":"(a) Appropriate use. An intermittent work schedule is appropriate only when the nature of the work is sporadic and unpredictable so that a tour of duty cannot be regularly scheduled in advance. When an agency is able to schedule work in advance on a regular basis, it has an obligation to document the change in work schedule from intermittent to part-time or full-time to ensure proper service credit.\n(b) Noncompetitive movement. Intermittent employees serving under career appointment may move to other positions in the same way as other regular career employees.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 340—OTHER THAN FULL-TIME CAREER EMPLOYMENT (PART-TIME, SEASONAL, ON-CALL, AND INTERMITTENT)","Subpart D—Seasonal and intermittent 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":"674f6284ebb6bebbfa2916e7e429b7a481bb4dc097f4d2e438f1068520ba3637","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-340.402","next":"us/5-cfr-351.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}