5 CFR 550.801
§ 550.801 Applicability.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 550.801, § 550.801 Applicability, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/6822
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(a) This subpart contains regulations of the Office of Personnel Management to carry out section 5596 of title 5, United States Code, which authorizes the payment of back pay, interest, and reasonable attorney fees for the purpose of making an employee financially whole (to the extent possible) when, on the basis of a timely appeal or an administrative determination (including a decision relating to an unfair labor practice or a grievance), the employee is found by an appropriate authority to have been affected by an unjustified or unwarranted personnel action that resulted in the withdrawal, reduction, or denial of all or part of the pay, allowances, and differentials otherwise due to the employee. This subpart should be read together with this section of law.
(b) This subpart does not apply to any reclassification action.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.