C.F.R. » Title 5 » CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS › PART 315—CAREER AND CAREER-CONDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT › Subpart I—Probation on Initial Appointment to a Supervisory or Managerial Position

5 C.F.R. § 315.904

Basic requirement

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(a) An employee is required to serve a probationary period prescribed by the agency upon initial appointment to a supervisory and/or managerial position.

(b) An employee is required to complete a single probationary period in a supervisory position and a single probationary period in a managerial position, regardless of the number of agencies, occupations, or positions in which the employee serves. However, an agency may by regulation provide for exceptions to the probationary period for managers who have satisfactorily completed a probationary period for supervisors when justified on the basis of performance and experience.

(c) Employees who, as of the date this requirement is effective, are serving or have served in Federal civilian supervisory or managerial positions without time limitation, or in time-limited supervisory or managerial positions under an official assignment exceeding 120 days, are exempt from its provisions, except that supervisors who are assigned to managerial positions may, according to agency regulations, be required to serve a probationary period for managers.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: Edward Richard Dressler v. Dep't of the Navy (MSPB 2014).
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Edward Richard Dressler v. Dep't of the Navy (MSPB 2014). · cites it 4× “619 , ¶ 11; 5 C.F.R. §§ 315.904 , 315.907. ¶10 The appellant provided SF-50s with conflicting information regarding the beginning date of his probationary period.”
Cynthia White v. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev. (MSPB 2022). “” 5 C.F.R. § 315.904 (a); see Levy, 118 M.S.”
Carlo Jimenez v. Dep't of Homeland Sec. (MSPB 2024). “§ 3321 (a)(2) and 5 C.F.R. § 315.904 (a), an employee in an initial appointment as a supervisor or manager in the competitive service is required to serve a probationary period as prescribed by the agency.”
Kahriger (E.D. Pa. 2025). “13, 2017 Letter from Frontz to Kahriger at 2); see also 5 C.F.R. § 315.904 (a) (requiring an employee “to serve a probationary period .”
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