---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 550.706"
title: "5"
number: "550.706"
heading: "Criteria for meeting the requirement for involuntary separation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/550.706"
---

# §550.706. Criteria for meeting the requirement for involuntary separation.

- (a) An employee who resigns because he or she expects to be involuntarily separated is considered to have been involuntarily separated if the employee resigns after receiving—
  - (1) Specific written notice that he or she will be involuntarily separated by a particular action effective on a particular date; or
  - (2) **A general written notice of reduction in force or transfer of functions which—**
    - (i) Is issued by a properly authorized agency official;
    - (ii) Announces that the agency has decided to abolish, or transfer to another commuting area, all positions in the competitive area (as defined in [§ 351.402](/cfr/5/351.402.md) of this chapter) by a particular date (no more than 1 year after the date of the notice); and
    - (iii) States that, for all employees in that competitive area, a resignation following receipt of the notice constitutes an involuntary separation for severance pay purposes.
- (b) Except for resignations under the conditions described in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, all resignations are voluntary separations and do not carry entitlement to severance pay.
- (c) A resignation is not considered an involuntary separation if the specific or general written notice is canceled before the separation (based on that resignation) takes effect.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 6593, Feb. 26, 1990, as amended at 64 FR 69177, Dec. 10, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5595; E.O. 11257, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 357.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 6593, Feb. 26, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 6593, Feb. 26, 1990, as amended at 64 FR 69177, Dec. 10, 1999]