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1 V The Guide to Processing Personnel Actions Table of Contents chapter 1. The Guide to Processing Personnel Actions Subchapter 1. Introduction to this Guide Subchapter 2. How to Use this Guide chapter 2. Reserved chapter 3. General Instructions for Processing Personnel Actions Subchapter 1. General Instructions Subchapter 2. Cancellations and Retroactive Personnel Actions Subchapter 3. Electronic Forms and Signatures Subchapter 4. Entry-On-Duty Process chapter 4. Requesting and Documenting Personnel Actions 1. Coverage 2. Standard Form 52, Request for Personnel Action 3. Standard Form 50, Notification of Personnel Action 4. Completing the Standard Form 50 5. Exceptions to the Standard Form 50 and Standard Form 52 6. List Form of Notice 7. Notifying Employees of Personnel Actions 8. Data Collection on Race and National Origin and Identification of Handicap chapter 5. Reserved chapter 6.

2 Creditable Service for Leave Accrual Subchapter 1. Determining Creditable Service Subchapter 2. Computing the Service Computation Date-Leave Subchapter 3. Change in Service Computation Date chapter 7. Documenting Veterans Preference Subchapter 1. General Instructions Subchapter 2. C hange in Veterans Preference for Reduction in Force vi THE GUIDE TO PROCESSING PERSONNEL ACTIONS Table of Contents (continued) chapter 8. >Reserved< chapter 9. Career and Career-Conditional Appointments 1. Coverage 2. Special Conditions chapter 10. Nonstatus Appointments in the Competitive Service 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Special Conditions chapter 11. Excepted Service Appointments 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Special Conditions chapter 12. Reserved chapter 13. Senior Executive Service (SES) 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Instructions chapter 14. Promotions, Changes to Lower Grade, Reassignments, Position Changes and Details 1.

3 Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Selection of Legal Authority 4. Use of Standard Form 52 5. Special Conditions Contents vii Table of Contents (continued) chapter 15. Placement in Nonpay or Nonduty Status 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Selection of Legal Authority 4. When to Process an Action chapter 16. Return to Duty from Nonpay Status 1. Coverage 2. When to Process a Return to Duty 3. Instructions chapter 17. Pay and Step Changes 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Use of Standard Form 52 4. Documenting the Personnel Action 5. Actions for Absent Employees chapter 18. Exceptions to Reduction in Force Release 1. Coverage 2. Documentation chapter 19. Continuance 1. Coverage 2. Instructions chapter 20. Name Change 1. Coverage 2. Rules on Processing Name Changes 3. Use of the Standard Form 52 4. Nature of Action and Legal Authority chapter 21.

4 Realignment and Mass Transfer 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Use of List Form of Notice 4. Use of Agency Notices 5. Use of the Standard Form 52 6. Office that Issues Standard Form 50 or List Form 7. Filing 8. appointment Authority viii THE GUIDE TO PROCESSING PERSONNEL ACTIONS Table of Contents (continued) chapter 22. Change in Federal Employees Group Life Insurance and Election of Living Benefits 1. Coverage 2. Insurance Forms 3. Use of the Standard Form 52 4. Effective Dates 5. Instructions chapter 23. Change in Duty Station 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Determining Location of Work Site 4. Use of the Standard Form 52 5. Nature of Action and Legal Authority chapter 24. Change in Work Schedule/Change in Hours 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Instructions chapter 25. Reserved chapter 26. Change in Tenure 1. Coverage 2. Effective Date 3.

5 Use of Standard Form 52 4. Instructions chapter 27. >Phased Employment/Phased Retirement 1. Coverage 2. Instructions 3. Definitions< chapter 28. Change in Data Element 1. Coverage 2. Use of Standard Form 52 3. Instructions chapter 29. Bonuses and Awards 1. Coverage 2. Separation Incentive 3. Senior Executive Rank Awards 4. All Other Awards and Bonuses Contents ix Table of Contents (continued) chapter 30. Retirements >Subchapter 1. General Instructions< >Subchapter 2. Preparation of Remark Entries on the Standard Form 50< chapter 31. Separations by Other than Retirement 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Selection of Legal Authority 4. Documenting Reason(s) for Separations 5. Effective Dates 6. Instructions chapter 32. Interim Relief Actions, Corrections, Cancellations and Replacement Actions for Cancellations 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Standard Form 50 Preparation 4.

6 Correction Actions 5. Cancellation Actions 6. Newly-Required and Replacement Actions 7. Actions to Provide Interim Relief chapter 33. Documentation of Volunteer Service 1. Coverage 2. Definitions 3. Documentation of Volunteer Service 4. Official Personnel Records chapter 34. Topic Index chapter 35. Glossary of Terms Used in Processing Personnel Actions >Page x is blank.<