Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§3404 Personnel ceilings
Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart B— - Employment and Retention › Chapter CHAPTER 34— - PART-TIME CAREER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES › § 3404
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Agencies must count part-time career employees as a fraction equal to their average weekly scheduled hours divided by 40. Effective October 1, 1980.
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Title 5, §3404
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
In administering any personnel ceiling applicable to an agency (or unit therein), an employee employed by such agency on a part-time career employment basis shall be counted as a fraction which is determined by dividing 40 hours into the average number of hours of such employee’s regularly scheduled workweek. This section shall become effective on October 1, 1980.
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5 U.S.C. § 3404
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73