45 CFR § 1176.2Chapter XI

§ 1176.2 Definitions.

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Part-time employment(a) means employment of 16 to 32 hours a week under a schedule consisting of an equal or varied number of hours per day, whether in a position which would be part-time without regard to the Act or one established to allow job-sharing or comparable arrangements, but does not include employment on a temporary or intermittent basis.

Career employment(b) includes competitive and excepted service employees in tenure groups I and II.

eCFR data current as of: June 10, 2026

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