§3401. Definitions — Inbound Citations

Citations to §3401(2)

• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(a)(1)

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  (1) In order to promote part-time career employment opportunities in all grade levels, the head of each agency, by regulation, shall establish and maintain a program for part-time career employment within such agency. Such regulations shall provide for—

  (A) the review of positions which, after such positions become vacant, may be filled on a part-time career employment basis (including the establishment of criteria to be used in identifying such positions);

  (B) procedures and criteria to be used in connection with establishing or converting positions for part-time career employment, subject to the limitations of section 3403 of this title;

  (C) annual goals for establishing or converting positions for part-time career employment, and a timetable setting forth interim and final deadlines for achieving such goals;

  (D) a continuing review and evaluation of the part-time career employment program established under such regulations; and

  (E) procedures for notifying the public of vacant part-time positions in such agency, utilizing facilities and funds otherwise available to such agency for the dissemination of information.
• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(a)(1)(A)

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  (A) the review of positions which, after such positions become vacant, may be filled on a part-time career employment basis (including the establishment of criteria to be used in identifying such positions);
• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(a)(1)(B)

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  (B) procedures and criteria to be used in connection with establishing or converting positions for part-time career employment, subject to the limitations of section 3403 of this title;
• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(a)(1)(C)

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  (C) annual goals for establishing or converting positions for part-time career employment, and a timetable setting forth interim and final deadlines for achieving such goals;
• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(a)(1)(D)

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  (D) a continuing review and evaluation of the part-time career employment program established under such regulations; and
• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(a)(2)

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  (2) The head of each agency shall provide for communication between, and coordination of the activities of, the individuals within such agency whose responsibilities relate to the part-time career employment program established within that agency.
• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(b)(1)

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  (1) The Office of Personnel Management, by regulation, shall establish and maintain a program under which it shall, on the request of an agency, advise and assist such agency in the establishment and maintenance of its part-time career employment program under this chapter.
• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(b)(2)

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  (2) The Office shall conduct a research and demonstration program with respect to part-time career employment within the Federal Government. In particular, such program shall be directed to—

  (A) determining the extent to which part-time career employment may be used in filling positions which have not traditionally been open for such employment on any extensive basis, such as supervisory, managerial, and professional positions;

  (B) determining the extent to which job-sharing arrangements may be established for various occupations and positions; and

  (C) evaluating attitudes, benefits, costs, efficiency, and productivity associated with part-time career employment, as well as its various sociological effects as a mode of employment.
• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(b)(2)(A)

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  (A) determining the extent to which part-time career employment may be used in filling positions which have not traditionally been open for such employment on any extensive basis, such as supervisory, managerial, and professional positions;
• 5 U.S.C. § 3402(b)(2)(C)

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  (C) evaluating attitudes, benefits, costs, efficiency, and productivity associated with part-time career employment, as well as its various sociological effects as a mode of employment.
• 5 U.S.C. § 3403(a)

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  (a) An agency shall not abolish any position occupied by an employee in order to make the duties of such position available to be performed on a part-time career employment basis.
• 5 U.S.C. § 3404

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  In administering any personnel ceiling applicable to an agency (or unit therein), an employee employed by such agency on a part-time career employment basis shall be counted as a fraction which is determined by dividing 40 hours into the average number of hours of such employee’s regularly scheduled workweek. This section shall become effective on October 1, 1980.
• 5 U.S.C. § 3405(b)

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  (b) This chapter shall not require part-time career employment in positions the rate of basic pay for which is fixed at a rate equal to or greater than the minimum rate payable under section 5376.
• 5 U.S.C. § 3408

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  If an employee organization has been accorded exclusive recognition with respect to a unit within an agency, then the employee organization shall be entitled to represent all employees within that unit employed on a part-time career employment basis.
• 5 U.S.C. § 6323(a)(2)

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  (2) In the case of an employee or individual employed on a part-time career employment basis (as defined in section 3401(2) of this title), the rate at which leave accrues under this subsection shall be a percentage of the rate prescribed under paragraph (1) which is determined by dividing 40 into the number of hours in the regularly scheduled workweek of that employee or individual during that fiscal year.
• 5 U.S.C. § 8336a(i)

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  (i) Employment of a phased retiree shall not be deemed to be part-time career employment, as defined in section 3401(2).
• 5 U.S.C. § 8347(g)

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  (g) The Office may exclude from the operation of this subchapter an employee or group of employees in or under an Executive agency whose employment is temporary or intermittent. However, the Office may not exclude any employee who occupies a position on a part-time career employment basis (as defined in section 3401(2) of this title).
• 5 U.S.C. § 8402(c)(1)

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  (1) The Office may exclude from the operation of this chapter an employee or group of employees in or under an Executive agency, the United States Postal Service, or the Postal Regulatory Commission, whose employment is temporary or intermittent, except an employee whose employment is part-time career employment (as defined in section 3401(2)).
• 5 U.S.C. § 8412a(i)

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  (i) Employment of a phased retiree shall not be deemed to be part-time career employment, as defined in section 3401(2).
• 5 U.S.C. § 8716(b)(3)

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  (3) an employee who is occupying a position on a part-time career employment basis (as defined in section 3401(2) of this title).
• 5 U.S.C. § 8906(b)(3)

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  (3) In the case of an employee who is occupying a position on a part-time career employment basis (as defined in section 3401(2) of this title), the biweekly Government contribution shall be equal to the percentage which bears the same ratio to the percentage determined under this subsection (without regard to this paragraph) as the average number of hours of such employee’s regularly scheduled workweek bears to the average number of hours in the regularly scheduled workweek of an employee serving in a comparable position on a full-time career basis (as determined under regulations prescribed by the Office).
• 5 U.S.C. § 8913(b)(3)

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  (3) an employee who is occupying a position on a part-time career employment basis (as defined in section 3401(2) of this title); or