---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 536.404"
title: "5"
number: "536.404"
heading: "Issuance of employee letters."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/536.404"
---

# §536.404. Issuance of employee letters.


When an employee is entitled to grade and/or pay retention, the employing agency shall give to the employee, with a copy of the Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) documenting entitlement to grade and/or pay retention, a letter describing the circumstances warranting grade and/or pay retention, and the nature of that entitlement.


## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 85656, Dec. 30, 1980. Redesignated at 70 FR 31310, May 31, 2005]

### Source

Source: 45 FR 85656, Dec. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 70 FR 31310, May 31, 2005.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5361-5366; sec. 4 of the Performance Management and Recognition System Termination Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-89), 107 Stat. 981; § 536.301(b) also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5334(b); § 536.308 also issued under sec. 301(d)(2) of the Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-411), 118 Stat. 2305; § 536.310 also issued under sections 1913 and 1918 of the Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009 (subtitle B of title XIX of Pub. L.111-84), 123 Stat. 2619; § 536.405 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552, Freedom of Information Act, Public Law 92-502.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 85656, Dec. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 85656, Dec. 30, 1980. Redesignated at 70 FR 31310, May 31, 2005]