employee

(1) “employee” means— (A) an individual in the competitive service— (i) who is not serving a probationary or trial period under an initial appointment; or (ii) who has completed 1 year of current continuous service under other than a temporary appointment limited to 1 year or less; (B) a preference eligible in the excepted service who has completed 1 year of current continuous service in the same or similar positions— (i) in an Executive agency; or (ii) in the United States Postal Service or Postal Regulatory Commission; and (C) an individual in the excepted service (other than a preference eligible)— (i) who is not serving a probationary or trial period under an initial appointment pending conversion to the competitive service; or (ii) who has completed 2 years of current continuous service in the same or similar positions in an Executive agency under other than a temporary appointment limited to 2 years or less;

Source

5 USC § 7511(a)(1)


Scoping language

For the purpose of this subchapter
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