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Streamlining Probationary and Trial Period Appeals
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Official abstract (Federal Register)
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to change the circumstances and procedures for adjudicating appeals from employees terminated during their probationary and trial periods and supervisors and managers who fail to complete their probationary periods. Executive order, "Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service," rendered the prior procedures for appealing such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) inoperative. This final rule establishes a new, limited appeals process adjudicated by OPM. The final rule also makes conforming amendments.
Dates (as published)
Effective September 2, 2026. Covered actions (i.e., terminations, assignments, noncertifications, or failures to certify/ finalize) effected before the effective date of this rule are not governed by this final rule.
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