ORDER OF RETENTION FOR EXCEPTED SERVICE Clause Samples

ORDER OF RETENTION FOR EXCEPTED SERVICE a. Competing employees in the excepted service are classified on a retention register on the basis of their tenure of employment, veteran's preference, length of service, and performance, in descending order as set forth in section 4-1 (a) for competing employees in the competitive service. b. Groups are defined as follows: (1) Group 1- All permanent employees whose appointment carries no restriction of condition such as conditional, indefinite, specific time limit, or trial period. (2) Group 2- All employees serving a trial period or whose tenure is equivalent to a career-conditional appointment in the competitive service. (3) Group 3- All employees whose tenure is indefinite (without specific time limit) but not actually or potentially permanent; or whose appointment has a specific time limitation of more than one year; or who are currently employed under a temporary appointment of one year or less, but who have completed one year of current continuous service under a temporary appointment with no break in service of one workday or more.