---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 C.F.R. § 302-3.202"
title: "41"
number: "302-3.202"
heading: "Re-employment after a separation by reduction in force or transfer of functions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/41/302-3.202"
---

# §302-3.202. Re-employment after a separation by reduction in force or transfer of functions.


If an employee is re-employed after a separation by reduction in force or transfer of function, their agency may pay them a relocation allowance under the conditions of this chapter if:

- (a) The employee is re-employed within one year of their involuntary separation date;
- (b) The new appointment is not temporary; and
- (c) The new appointment is at a different duty station from where their separation occurred and meets the distance criteria in [§ 302-2.1](/cfr/41/302-2.1.md) of this chapter for a short distance relocation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5738; 20 U.S.C. 905(a).

### Source

Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.