PUBLIC LAW 95-437—OCT. 10, 1978 "(2) The head of each agency shall provide for communication between, and coordination of the activities of, the individuals within such agency whose responsibilities relate to the part-time career employment program established within that agency. "(3) Kegulations established under paragraph (1) of this subsection may provide for such exceptions as may be necessary to carry out the mission of the agency. "(b)(1) The Civil Service Commission, by regulation, shall establish and maintain a program under which it shall, on the request of an agency, advise and assist such agency in the establishment and maintenance of its part-time career employment program under this subchapter. "(2) The Commission shall conduct a research and demonstration program with respect to part-time careei- employment within the Federal Government. In particular, such program shall be directed to—• " (A) determining the extent to which part-time career employment may be used in filling positions which have not traditionally been open for such employment on any extensive basis, such as supervisory, managerial, and professional positions; "(B) determining the extent to which job-sharing arrangements may be established for various occupations and positions; and "(C) evaluating attitudes, benefits, costs, efficiency, and productivity associated with part-time career employment, as well as its various sociological effects as a mode of employment. "§3393. Limitations "(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. "§ 3394. Personnel ceilings "In administering any personnel ceiling applicable to an agency (or unit therein), an employee employed by such agency on a part-time career employment basis shall be counted as a fraction which is determined by dividing 40 hours into the average number of hours of such employee's regularly scheduled workweek. This section shall become effective on October 1, 1980.
- § 3395. Nonapplicability
" (a) If, on the date of enactment of this subchapter, there is in effect with respect to positions within an agency a collective-bargaining agreement which establishes the number of hours of employment a week, then this subchapter shall not apply to those positions. "(b) This subchapter shall not require part-time career employment in positions the rate of basic pay for which is fixed at a rate equal to or greater than the minimum rate fixed for GS-16 of the General Schedule.
- §3396. Regulations
"Before any regulation is prescribed under this subchapter, a copy of the proposed regulation shall be published in the Federal Register and an opportunity provided to interested parties to present written comment and, where practicable, oral comment. Initial regulations
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Regulations
Research and demonstration program.
5 USC 3393.
5 USC 3394.
Effective date. 5 USC 3395.
5 USC 5332 note. 5 USC 3396. Publication in Federal Register.
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