LENGTH OF SERVICE AND CREDIT FOR PERFORMANCE Clause Samples

LENGTH OF SERVICE AND CREDIT FOR PERFORMANCE a. A service date will be established for each competing employee in a RIF. Employees are listed on a retention register within Veterans Preference subgroups by length of service, in descending order, starting with the earliest service date. b. An employee's service date for RIF purposes is one of the following: (1) The date the employee entered on duty, if the employee has no previous creditable service; (2) The date obtained by subtracting the employee's total previous creditable service from the date the employee last entered on duty; or (3) The date obtained by subtracting from the date in section 4-3 (b) (1) or (2) above any service credit for performance to which the employee is entitled under section 4-3 (c) below. An employee who is a retired member of a uniformed service is entitled to credit for the length of time in active service in the armed forces during a war, or in a campaign for which a campaign badge has been authorized, or the total length of time in active service in the armed forces if the employee is considered a preference eligible under 5 CFR '351.501(d). (5 CFR 351.503c) c. Employees are given performance credit for RIF competition when the employee’s performance meets certain requirements. The amount of credit added is based on the mathematical average (rounded in the case of fractions to the next higher whole number) of the value of the employee's last three actual Federal annual performance ratings of record received during the 4-year period prior to the date of issuance of specific RIF notices, or the date the Agency freezes ratings before issuing RIF notices. An employee who has not received any rating of record during the 4-year period shall receive credit for performance based on the modal rating for the summary level pattern that applies to the employee’s official position of record at the time of the RIF. A modal rating is defined as the summary level assigned most frequently among the actual ratings of record that are: (1) assigned under the summary level pattern that applies to the employee’s position of record on the date of the reduction in force; (2) given within the same competitive area, or the agency’s option within a larger subdivision of the agency or agency wide; and (3) on record for the most recently completed appraisal period prior to the date of issuance of reduction in force notices or the cutoff date specified in subsection g, after which no new ratings will be put on record. An employee who has received a...