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A temporary limited appointment is a nonstatus
appointment to a competitive service position for a specified period of time not to exceed
one calendar year. Temporary appointments are intended to meet legitimate non-permanent
staffing needs and are appropriate only when there is a reason to expect that there will
be no permanent/long-term need for the employee.
Examples of appropriate use include, but are not limited to:
- Temporarily increasing staff to meet a workload peak
- Staffing continuous positions when future funding and workload levels are uncertain or
when it is anticipated that funding levels will be reduced or that the activity will be
reorganized
- Filling permanent positions on a temporary basis in order to save them for eventual
incumbency by permanent employees expected to be displaced from other parts of the
organization
- Filling vacancies which occur in activities under study for possible contracting out
- Hiring temporary employees to perform recurring seasonal work which the agency expects
to last less than six months in a year
Agencies may extend a temporary employee's service up to a maximum of one additional year
(24 months of total service).
Temporary employees do not serve a trial or probation period. They are not competing
employees under reduction-in-force procedures (have no tenure status) and may be
terminated at any time upon notice in writing from the employing agency.
Temporary limited appointments may be made from competitive registers maintained by the Office of Personnel Management or outside a register by the agency.
Noncompetitive temporary appointments may also be made for applicants who are eligible
under such authorities as Veterans Readjustment Authority, 30% or More Compensable
Veteran, reinstatement eligibles, or former overseas employees.
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