[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 5, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 5CFR432.101] [Page 332] TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PART 432_PERFORMANCE BASED REDUCTION IN GRADE AND REMOVAL ACTIONS--Table of Contents Sec. 432.101 Statutory authority. Sec. 432.101 Statutory authority. 432.102 Coverage. 432.103 Definitions. 432.104 Addressing unacceptable performance. 432.105 Proposing and taking action based on unacceptable performance. 432.106 Appeal and grievance rights. 432.107 Agency records. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 4303, 4305. Source: 54 FR 26179, June 21, 1989, unless otherwise noted. This part applies to reduction in grade and removal of employees covered by the provisions of this part based solely on performance at the unacceptable level. 5 U.S.C. 4305 authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations to carry out the purposes of title 5, chapter 43, United States Code, including 5 U.S.C. 4303, which covers agency actions to reduce in grade or remove employees for unacceptable performance. (The provisions of 5 U.S.C. 7501 et seq., may also be used to reduce in grade or remove employees. See part 752 of this chapter.) [58 FR 65533, Dec. 15, 1993]