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Appeal Rights

Appeal rights available to competitive employees are generally not available to excepted employees unless the excepted employees are veterans preference eligibles. The provisions of Title 5, United States Code, treating classification, pay, leave, retirement, insurance and health benefits apply to both competitive and excepted positions unless the positions are excluded from any of those provisions by statute.

Appeal rights available to competitive employees are generally not available to excepted employees unless the excepted employees are veterans preference eligibles. The provisions of Title 5, United States Code, treating classification, pay, leave, retirement, insurance and health benefits apply to both competitive and excepted positions unless the positions are excluded from any of those provisions by statute.

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