employee
(2) “employee” includes— (A) an individual paid under a statutory pay system defined in section 5302(1); (B) a prevailing rate employee, as defined in section 5342(a)(2); and (C) a category of employees included by the Office of Personnel Management following the review of an agency plan under section 5403(b)(1); but does not include— (i) an individual paid at an annual rate of basic pay for a level of the Executive Schedule, under subchapter II of chapter 53, or at a rate provided for one of those levels under another provision of law; (ii) a member of the Senior Executive Service paid under subchapter VIII of chapter 53, or an equivalent system; (iii) an administrative law judge paid under section 5372; (iv) a contract appeals board member paid under section 5372a; (v) an administrative appeals judge paid under section 5372b; and (vi) an individual in a position which is excepted from the competitive service because of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character; and