§ 330.211 Exceptions to RPL placement priority

5 CFR 330.211An agency may effect the following personnel actions as exceptions to § 330.210:

5 CFR 330.211(a)(a) Fill a vacancy with an employee of the agency's current permanent competitive service workforce through detail or position change, subject to the requirements of subpart F of this part;

5 CFR 330.211(b)(b) Appoint a 10-point preference eligible through an appropriate appointing authority;

5 CFR 330.211(c)(c) Appoint a current or former employee exercising restoration rights under part 353 of this chapter based on return from military service or recovery from a compensable injury or disability within 1 year;

5 CFR 330.211(d)(d) Appoint a current or former employee exercising other statutory or regulatory reemployment rights;

5 CFR 330.211(e)(e) Fill a specific position when all RPL placement priority candidates decline an offer of the position or fail to respond to a written agency inquiry about their availability;

5 CFR 330.211(f)(f) Convert an employee serving under an appointment that provides noncompetitive conversion eligibility to a competitive service appointment, including from:

5 CFR 330.211(f)(1)(1) A Veterans Recruitment Appointment under part 307 of this chapter;

5 CFR 330.211(f)(2)(2) An appointment under 5 U.S.C. 3112 and part 316 of this chapter of a veteran with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more; and

5 CFR 330.211(f)(3)(3) An excepted service appointment under part 213 of this chapter;

5 CFR 330.211(g)(g) Reappoint without a break in service to the same position currently held by an employee serving under a temporary appointment of 1 year or less (only to another temporary appointment not to exceed 1 year or less);

5 CFR 330.211(h)(h) Extend an employee's temporary or term appointment up to the maximum permitted by the appointment authority or as authorized by OPM; or

5 CFR 330.211(i)(i) Appoint an individual under an excepted service appointing authority.