{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-536.101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 536.101","heading":"Purpose.","body":"This part contains OPM regulations for the administration of grade and pay retention. This part supplements and implements the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5361-5366 and must be read together with those sections of law. Under 5 U.S.C. 5362, an employee under a covered pay system who is placed in a lower grade (e.g., as a result of a reduction in force or when his or her position is reduced in grade as a result of a reclassification) is entitled to retain the grade held immediately before the reduction for a period of 2 years under the circumstances prescribed in this part. Under 5 U.S.C. 5363, an employee whose rate of basic pay otherwise would be reduced as a result of a management action is entitled to retain his or her rate of basic pay under the circumstances prescribed in this part.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 536—GRADE AND PAY RETENTION","Subpart A—General Provisions"],"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":"3bf8bb8bd299e44989a59529aa4005fedf4dde3f1b372f0385322cb60fd82a95","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-535.107","next":"us/5-cfr-536.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}