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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§7501 Definitions

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart F— - Labor-Management and Employee Relations › Chapter CHAPTER 75— - ADVERSE ACTIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - SUSPENSION FOR 14 DAYS OR LESS › § 7501

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines who counts as an "employee" and what a "suspension" is. "Employee" means a competitive-service worker who is not in an initial probationary or trial period, or who has completed 1 year of current continuous employment in the same or similar position that is not a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or less. "Suspension" means temporarily removing a worker from duties and pay for disciplinary reasons.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §7501

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1)“employee” means an individual in the competitive service who is not serving a probationary or trial period under an initial appointment or who has completed 1 year of current continuous employment in the same or similar positions under other than a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or less; and
(2)“suspension” means the placing of an employee, for disciplinary reasons, in a temporary status without duties and pay.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7501, Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 527, related to removal or suspension without pay of an individual in the competitive service and procedures applicable to such removal or suspension, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–454, § 204(a).

Amendments

2021—Par. (1). Pub. L. 117–81 struck out “, except as provided in section 1599e of title 10,” after “initial appointment or,”. 2015—Par. (1). Pub. L. 114–92 substituted “or, except as provided in section 1599e of title 10, who” for “or who”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applied as if effective Dec. 31, 2022, to correspond to the

Effective Date

of the repeal of section 1599e of Title 10, Armed Forces, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See

Effective Date

of Repeal note under section 1599e of Title 10.

Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1978 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title.

Short Title

of 1990 Amendment Pub. L. 101–376, § 1, Aug. 17, 1990, 104 Stat. 461, provided that: “This Act [amending section 4303, 7511, and 7701 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 4303 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Civil Service Due Process

Amendments

’.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

5 U.S.C. § 7501

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73