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title: "5 U.S.C. § 3403"
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title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
chapter_number: "34"
chapter_name: "PART-TIME CAREER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES"
section: "3403"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 3403"
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# 5 U.S.C. § 3403 - Limitations

## Text

(a) An agency shall not abolish any position occupied by an employee in order to make the duties of such position available to be performed on a part-time career employment basis.

(b) Any person who is employed on a full-time basis in an agency shall not be required to accept part-time employment as a condition of continued employment.

(Added Pub. L. 95–437, § 3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1057, § 3393; renumbered § 3403, Pub. L. 95–454, title IX, § 906(c)(1)(B), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1978—Pub. L. 95–454 renumbered section 3393 of this title as this section.