5 U.S.C. § 3405

Nonapplicability

(a)

If, on the date of enactment of this chapter, there is in effect with respect to positions within an agency a collective-bargaining agreement which establishes the number of hours of employment a week, then this chapter shall not apply to those positions.

(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.

(Added Pub. L. 95–437, § 3(a) , Oct. 10, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1057 , § 3395; renumbered § 3405 and amended Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B) , (2)(C), Oct. 13, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1226 , 1227; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 101(b)(9)(D)] , Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1427 , 1441.)