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Workforce Performance Resources Newsletter Reprint
The Performance Management Mailbag
Our mail includes often-asked questions that we'll be sharing with our readers in this recurring feature| Q. | My question concerns the minimum time an employee must be under the direction of a supervisor before that supervisor can write an annual appraisal. What regulation can it be found in? Is this publication available for anyone to read and review? |
| A. | Governmentwide regulations do not establish a minimum time for a
supervisor to supervise an employee before he or she can rate the
employee. Instead, the regulations require that appraisal programs
establish a minimum appraisal period, which is the minimum amount
of time that employees must work under a specific set of elements
and standards before they can be assigned a rating of record. (The
Governmentwide regulation on minimum appraisal periods is found in
section 430.207(a) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.)
As long as a supervisor has the necessary information and the employee has been under an established set of elements and standards for the minimum appraisal period, the supervisor can assign a rating. As a further follow-up, you should also check with your Human Resources Office. Your agency's appraisal program may contain certain requirements, specific to your agency, about assigning ratings of record. |
Originally published on August 1999
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