---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 316.911"
title: "5"
number: "316.911"
heading: "Reduction in force."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/316.911"
---

# §316.911. Reduction in force.

- (a) **Reduction in force.** Post-secondary students are covered by [part 351](/cfr/5/part351.md) of this chapter for purposes of reduction in force (RIF).
  - (1) Students whose initial appointment was for a period of 1 year or less are not assigned a tenure group and do not compete with other employees in a RIF.
  - (2) Students whose initial appointment was for a period expected to last more than 1 year are placed in Tenure Group III for purposes of [part 351](/cfr/5/part351.md) of this chapter.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 46107, Aug. 18, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301, 3302, 3316. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 14284, 90 FR 17729. 5 CFR 2.2(c).

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12423, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.