---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 531.241"
title: "5"
number: "531.241"
heading: "Retaining and losing GM status."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/531.241"
---

# §531.241. Retaining and losing GM status.

- (a) An employee retains status as a GM employee (as defined in [§ 531.203](/cfr/5/531.203.md)) when detailed to any position or when reassigned to another GS position in which the employee continues to be a supervisor or management official (as defined in 5 U.S.C. [7103(a)(10)](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-10) and [(11)](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-11)).
- (b) An employee permanently loses status as a GM employee if he or she is promoted (including a temporary promotion), transferred, demoted, reassigned to a position in which the employee will no longer be a supervisor or management official, has a break in service of more than 3 days, or becomes entitled to a retained rate under [5 CFR part 536](/cfr/5/part536.md). (A retained grade is not considered in determining whether a GM employee has been reduced in grade. See [5 CFR 536.205](/cfr/5/536.205.md).)

## Notes

### Source

Source: 70 FR 31291, May 31, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5115, 5307, and 5338; sec. 4 of Public Law 103-89, 107 Stat. 981; and E.O. 12748, 56 FR 4521, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 316; Subpart B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5303(g), 5305, 5333, 5334(a) and (b), and 7701(b)(2); Subpart D also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5335 and 7701(b)(2); Subpart E also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5336; Subpart F also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5304, 5305, and 5941(a); E.O. 12883, 58 FR 63281, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 682; and E.O. 13106, 63 FR 68151, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 224.