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REGISTER
NUMBER 143

Washington, Saturday, July 23, 1955
TITLE 5 ADMINISTRATIVE
PERSONNEL
Chapter I Civil Service Commission Part 25 F ederal E m p l o y e e s P a y r e g u l a t io n s
SALARY RETENTION

1. Effective upon publication in the Federal R egister , paragraphs e> and f of 25.103, Subpart B, are revoked.
2. Effective upon publication in the Federal R e g ist e r , a new Subpart D is added as set out below.
SUBPART D SALARY RETENTION RULES
Sec.
25.401 Scope.
25.402 Employee coverage.
25.403 Definitions.
25.404 Salary retention.
25.405 Computation of service.
25.406 Computation of retention period.
25.407 Subsequent actions.
25.406 General provisions.
Au th o r ity : 25.401 to 25.408 issued u n
der sec. 1101, 63 Stat. 971; 5 IT. S. C. 1072.
SUBPART D SALARY RETENTION RULES

25.401

Scope.

This subpart shall
apply to salary retention in demotion ac tions.
Note : Paragraphs e and f , 25.103 have been revoked effective July 23, 1955. How ever, an employee having a saved rate there under shall retain such rate until he leaves his position.

25.403 Definitions. As used in this subpart, the term:
a Existing rate means the rate of basic compensation the employee would have received on the effective date of the demotion action had the demotion not taken place.
b Retention period means a period of 26 weeks or such longer period com puted in accordance with the table under 25.406, whichever is the greater.
25.404 Salary retention, a Under the conditions set forth in 25.402, an agency is authorized to save an em ployees existing rate in a demotion ac tion. An employees saved rate shall be terminated at the expiration of his re tention period. However, if one of the following actions occurs prior to the ex piration of the retention period, his saved rate must be terminated at such time:
1 He is demoted or reassigned for personal cause, at his own request, or in a reduction in force;
2 He is changed to a new position which entitles him to a rate equal to or greater than his saved rate;
3 He becomes entitled to a rate higher than his saved rate through en titlement to a longevity step increase which he earns in the grade to which he has been demoted;
4 He is changed to a position not subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; or 5 He has a break in service of one workday or more.

CONTENTS
Agricultural Marketing Service Pae Proposed rule making:
Milk handling in Chicago, HI_
Rules and regulations-:
California and Arizona:
Lemons; limitation of ship ments_______________________
Oranges; limitation of han dling--------- .._______ _________

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Agricultural Research Service Rules and regulations:
Voluntary inspection and certi fication of animal byprod ucts_______________ ____________

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Agriculture Department See also Agricultural Marketing Service; Agricultural Research Service; Farmers Home Admin istration; Commodity Exchange Authority.
Notices:
Farmers Home Administration;
assignment of functions with respect to special livestock loan and special emergency loan programs_____________

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Civil Aeronautics Board Notices :
Ozark Airlines, Inc. ; prehearing conference____________________

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Civil Service Commission Rules and regulations:
Federal employees salary reten tion___________________________

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25.405 Computation of service, a
25.402 Employee coverage a Em Commodity Exchange Authority ployees covered. At the discretion of his For the purpose of determining the em Rules and regulations:
agency, the regulations in this subpart ployees retention period, the following Commodity Exchange Act, gen shall apply to an employee who is service including intervening service in eral regulations under; remit changed to a lower grade position under public international organizations or tance of registration fee_____ 5288
the Classification Act in which the maxi military service in accordance with the Customs Bureau provisions of Parts 26
and 35
of this mum scheduled rate is less than his exist Rules and regulations:
ing rate. The regulations are applicable chapter shall be credited:
Articles exported for exhibition IT Service in a Classification Act without regard to whether the position pr scientific or educational from which he is changed is under the grade higher than the grade to which educational purposes_________ 5288
Classification Act.
demoted; and Service in or under a departmentFarmers Home Administration b Employees not covered. The reg 2
ulations in this subpart shall not apply as defined in section 201 a of the Clas Rules and regulations:
Farm ownership and soil and to any employee who is demoted for persification Act in a position not under the water conservation loans to sonal cause, at his own request, or in a act at a salary rate higher than the contract purchasers on recla reduction in foree. Further, they shall maximum scheduled rate of the grade 5283
mation projects______________
not apply to temporary, seasonal, interto which demoted.
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The above service shall be Federal Power Commission rw a w 0r when actually employed . employees, or to any employee counted whether or not interrupted by Notices:
ired on a fee, contract, or piece-work a break in service, by service in a lower Hearings, etc.:
basis.
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