5 U.S.C. § 7501

Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter—

(1)

“employee” means an individual in the competitive service who is not serving a probationary or trial period under an initial appointment or who has completed 1 year of current continuous employment in the same or similar positions under other than a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or less; and

(2)

“suspension” means the placing of an employee, for disciplinary reasons, in a temporary status without duties and pay.

(Added Pub. L. 95–454, title II, § 204(a) , Oct. 13, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1134 ; amended Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XI, § 1105(c)(3) , Nov. 25, 2015 , 129 Stat. 1024 ; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XI, § 1106(b)(2)(C) , Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1950 .)