{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-351.602","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 351.602","heading":"Prohibitions.","body":"An agency may not release a competing employee from a competitive level while retaining in that level an employee with:\n(a) A specifically limited temporary appointment;\n(b) A specifically limited temporary or term promotion;\n(c) A written decision under part 432 or 752 of this chapter of removal or demotion from the competitive level.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 351—REDUCTION IN FORCE","Subpart F—Release From Competitive Level"],"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":"010d4496bf7a68f9b484aa438121e1842a2fa9b1cc8213bb2f216483b8b5857e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-351.601","next":"us/5-cfr-351.603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}