§ 315.711 Readers, interpreters, and personal assistants serving under Schedule A appointments

5 CFR 315.711(a)(a) Agency authority. An agency may convert noncompetitively to career or career-conditional employment, a reader, interpreter, or personal assistant:

5 CFR 315.711(a)(1)(1) Who completed at least 1 year of satisfactory service in such a position under a non-temporary appointment under 5 CFR 213.3102(11); and

5 CFR 315.711(a)(2)(2) Whose employment in such a position is no longer necessary for reasons beyond management control, e.g. resignation or reassignment of the employee being assisted.

5 CFR 315.711(b)(b) Tenure on appointment.

5 CFR 315.711(b)(1)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career-conditional employee.

5 CFR 315.711(b)(2)(2) A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section becomes a career employee when he or she has completed the service requirement for career tenure or is excepted from it by § 315.201(c).

5 CFR 315.711(c)(c) Acquisition of competitive status. A person appointed under paragraph (a) of this section acquires a competitive status automatically on appointment.