{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s7501","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7501.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f7501.\nDefinitions\nFor the purpose of this subchapter\u2014\n(1) \u201cemployee\u201d 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\n(2) \u201csuspension\u201d means the placing of an employee, for disciplinary reasons, in a temporary status without duties and pay.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s7501.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s7501","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7501."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purpose of this subchapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s7501/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cemployee\u201d 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t5/s7501/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201csuspension\u201d means the placing of an employee, for disciplinary reasons, in a temporary status without duties and pay.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}