---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 752.403"
title: "5"
number: "752.403"
heading: "Standard for action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/752.403"
---

# §752.403. Standard for action.

- (a) An agency may take an adverse action, including a performance-based adverse action or an indefinite suspension, under this subpart only for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service.
- (b) An agency may not take an adverse action against an employee on the basis of any reason prohibited by [5 U.S.C. 2302](/usc/5/2302.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 63532, Dec. 4, 2009, as amended at 85 FR 65986, Oct. 16, 2020; 87 FR 67783, Nov. 10, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 6329b, 7504, 7514, 7515, and 7543; 38 U.S.C. 7403. E.O. 10577, 19 FR 7521, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218. Link to an amendment published at 91 FR 49115, Aug. 3, 2026.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 63532, Dec. 4, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[74 FR 63532, Dec. 4, 2009, as amended at 85 FR 65986, Oct. 16, 2020; 87 FR 67783, Nov. 10, 2022]