Us Code § 6503 - Training and monitoring
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§ 6503. Training and monitoring
(a)
(1) an interactive telework training program is provided to—
(A) employees eligible to participate in the telework program of the agency; and
(B) all managers of teleworkers;
(2) except as provided under subsection (b), an employee has successfully completed the interactive telework training program before that employee enters into a written agreement to telework described under section 6502(b)(2);
(3) teleworkers and nonteleworkers are treated the same for purposes of—
(A) periodic appraisals of job performance of employees;
(B) training, rewarding, reassigning, promoting, reducing in grade, retaining, and removing employees;
(C) work requirements; or
(D) other acts involving managerial discretion; and
(4) when determining what constitutes diminished employee performance, the agency shall consult the performance management guidelines of the Office of Personnel Management.
(b)
(Added Pub. L. 111–292, §2(a), Dec. 9, 2010, 124 Stat. 3166.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 111–292, which was approved Dec. 9, 2010.
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