Title 5 of the U.S. Code § 3403 - Limitations
Full text of § 3403 from Title 5 of the United States Code.
§ 3403. Limitations
(a) An agency shall not abolish any position occupied by an employee in order to make the duties of such position available to be performed on a part-time career employment basis.
(b) Any person who is employed on a full-time basis in an agency shall not be required to accept part-time employment as a condition of continued employment.
(Added Pub. L. 95–437, §3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1057, §3393; renumbered §3403, Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, §906(c)(1)(B), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1978—Pub. L. 95–454 renumbered section 3393 of this title as this section.
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