5 CFR 351.604
§ 351.604 Use of furlough.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 351.604, § 351.604 Use of furlough, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/6098
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(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.
(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.
(c) An agency may not furlough a competing employee for more than 1 year.
(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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.