{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-351.604","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 351.604","heading":"Use of furlough.","body":"(a) An agency may furlough a competing employee only when it intends within 1 year to recall the employee to duty in the position from which furloughed.\n(b) An agency may not separate a competing employee under this part while an employee with lower retention standing in the same competitive level is on furlough.\n(c) An agency may not furlough a competing employee for more than 1 year.\n(d) When an agency recalls employees to duty in the competitive level from which furloughed, it shall recall them in the order of their retention standing, beginning with highest standing employee.","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":"ae7871b2d71ed7fe925a3cfdec2cf939a5a56e19ae3944b99f7c6f5b3db74e6f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-351.603","next":"us/5-cfr-351.605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}