{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-511.608","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 511.608","heading":"Employee representatives.","body":"An employee may select a representative of his or her choice to assist in the preparation and presentation of an appeal. An agency may disallow an employee's representative when the individual's activities as a representative would cause a conflict of interest or position; an employee who cannot be released from his or her official duties because of the priority needs of the Government; or an employee whose release would give rise to unreasonable costs to the Government.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 511—CLASSIFICATION UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEDULE","Subpart F—Classification Appeals"],"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":"6a526f0ab8f4ad193c49c3a235973648b2cc433aa2e44fa5961c1b9cd5962a17","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-511.607","next":"us/5-cfr-511.609"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}