{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s3330e","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3330e.","heading":"Review of official personnel file of former Federal employees before rehiring","text":"\u00a7\u202f3330e.\nReview of official personnel file of former Federal employees before rehiring\n(a) If a former Government employee is a candidate for a position within the competitive service or the excepted service, prior to making any determination with respect to the appointment or reinstatement of such employee to such position, the appointing authority shall review and consider merit-based information relating to such employee\u2019s former period or periods of service such as official personnel actions, employee performance ratings, and disciplinary actions, if any, in such employee\u2019s official personnel record file.\n(b) In subsection (a), the term \u201cformer Government employee\u201d means an individual whose most recent position with the Government prior to becoming a candidate as described under subsection (a) was within the competitive service or the excepted service.\n(c) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purpose of this section. Such regulations may not contain provisions that would increase the time required for agency hiring actions.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s3330e.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3330e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3330e."},{"t":"heading","text":"Review of official personnel file of former Federal employees before rehiring"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3330e/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" If a former Government employee is a candidate for a position within the competitive service or the excepted service, prior to making any determination with respect to the appointment or reinstatement of such employee to such position, the appointing authority shall review and consider merit-based information relating to such employee\u2019s former period or periods of service such as official personnel actions, employee performance ratings, and disciplinary actions, if any, in such employee\u2019s official personnel record file.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3330e/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" In subsection (a), the term \u201cformer Government employee\u201d means an individual whose most recent position with the Government prior to becoming a candidate as described under subsection (a) was within the competitive service or the excepted service.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s3330e/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out the purpose of this section. Such regulations may not contain provisions that would increase the time required for agency hiring actions.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}