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Title 42 The Public Health Service

42-1: Appointment of 42 U.S.C. Â§ 209(f) Special Consultants, Effective Date: 03/11/2015
	42-2: Appointment of 42 U.S.C. Â§ 209(g) Service Fellows, Effective Date: 09/19/201242-2: Appointment of 42 U.S.C. Â§ 209(g) Service Fellows (DOC), Effective Date: 09/19/2012
	42-3: Senior Biomedical Research and Biomedical Product Assessment Service (SBRBPAS), Effective Date: 11/10/2022Position Classification

511-1: Position Classification, Effective Date: 05/16/2018
	511-2: Use of Career Ladder Positions, Effective Date: 12/15/2008511-2: Use of Career Ladder Positions (DOC), Effective Date: 12/15/2008
	511-3: Non-Competitive Promotion Based Upon Reclassification (Accretion of Duties), Effective Date: 10/21/2011511-3: Non-Competitive Promotion Based Upon Reclassification (Accretion of Duties) (DOC), Effective Date: 10/21/2011Recruitment and Employment

300-2: Shared Certs, Effective Date: 02/03/2020
	300-3: Details and Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Assignments, Effective Date: 01/18/2023
	301-1: Overseas Employment, Effective Date: 12/15/2022
	302-1: Employment in the Excepted Service, Effective Date: 10/30/2020
	304-1: Appointment of Experts and Consultants, Effective Date: 08/18/2023
	315-1: Probationary and Trial Periods, Effective Date: 08/18/2023
	330-2: Priority Placement Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL and PRL), Effective Date: 10/27/2022
	362-1: Pathways Programs, Effective Date: 08/19/2021
	1104-1: Delegated Examining Operations, Effective Date: 08/03/2020
	OPM/HHS Interagency Delegated Examining Agreement 2011
	OHR Guidance, Attorneys, Law Clerks, and Legal Interns, Effective Date: 06/17/2022
	OHR Guidance, Schedule A Persons With Disabilities, Effective date 06/15/2020
	OHR Guidance Post-Secondary Students and College Graduates, Effective Date 02/26/2024
	HHS OHR Guidance, Hiring Assessment Strategies
	OHR Guidance, Volunteer Service, Effective Date 09/01/2023RIF, including workforce restructuring actions

351-1: Reduction in Force, Effective Date: 12/22/2020Training

412: Training Requirements for Supervisors, Effective Date: 10/30/2011Performance Management

293-3: Employee Performance File System Records, Effective Date: 12/06/1996293-3: Employee Performance File System Records (DOC), Effective Date: 12/06/1996
	430-1: Performance Management Appraisal Program (PMAP), signed 11/22/2022
	Operating Divisions have until January 1, 2023, to implement this policy update.
	HHS PMAP Implementation Guidance, Effective 11/22/2022
	HHS PMAP Handbook, Resource Guide for Supervisors and Employees, Effective Date: 11/2022Awards

451-1: Incentive Awards; revision, Effective Date: 01/2010451-1: Incentive Awards; revision (DOC), Effective Date: 01/2010Pay Administration

531-1: Setting Pay Based on Superior Qualifications and Special Needs, Effective Date: 12/10/2010531-1: Setting Pay Based on Superior Qualifications and Special Needs (DOC), Effective Date: 12/10/2010
	531-2: Setting Salary; revision, Effective Date: 05/20/1996531-2: Setting Salary; revision (DOC), Effective Date: 05/20/1996
	531-4: Within Grade and Quality Step Increases; consolidation of Instructions 531-4 and 531-5, Effective Date: 06/04/1996531-4: Within Grade and Quality Step Increases; consolidation of Instructions 531-4 and 531-5 (DOC), Effective Date: 06/04/1996
	532-1: Pay Setting - Federal Wage System (FWS), Effective Date: 01/26/2009532-1: Pay Setting - Federal Wage System (FWS) (DOC), Effective Date: 01/26/2009
	532-7: Establishment of Temporary or Seasonal Construction Pay Rates, Effective Date: 05/13/1986532-7: Establishment of Temporary or Seasonal Construction Pay Rates (DOC), Effective Date: 05/13/1986
	537-1: Student Loan Repayment Program Policy (DOCX), Effective Date: 11/08/2023
	550-1: Premium Pay, Effective Date: 01/03/2010550-1: Premium Pay (DOC), Effective Date: 01/03/2010
	550-3: Compensatory Time Off for Travel, Effective Date: 03/28/2008550-3: Compensatory Time Off for Travel (DOC), Effective Date: 03/28/2008
	550-11: Compensatory Time Off for Religious Observances, Effective Date: 12/10/2020
	550-12: Distribution of Federal Salary and Other Payments By Electronic Funds Transfer; establishment of new Instruction, Effective Date: 07/26/1996550-12: Distribution of Federal Salary and Other Payments By Electronic Funds Transfer; establishment of new Instruction (DOC), Effective Date: 07/26/1996
	575-1: Recruitment, Relocation and Retention Incentives, Date Issued: 09/30/2013
	575-2: Reimbursement of Expenses to Obtain Credentials575-2: Reimbursement of Expenses to Obtain Credentials (DOC)
	595-1: Physicians' Comparability Allowance, Effective Date: 12/19/2012Title 38 Physician and Dentist Pay

590-1: Title 38 Physician, Dentist, and Podiatrist Pay, Effective Date 12/17/2021Leave, Absence, and Hours of Duty

610-1: Establishing and Administering Hours of Duty, Effective Date: 12/02/2021
	610-2: Temporary Closing of Work Places and Treatment of Absences, Effective Date: 05/30/2008610-2: Temporary Closing of Work Places and Treatment of Absences (DOC), Effective Date: 05/30/2008
	630-1: Leave and Excused Absence; amended, Effective Date: 12/17/2010630-1: Leave and Excused Absence; amended (DOC), Effective Date: 12/17/2010
	990-1, Workplace Flexibilities, Effective Date: 02/09/2022 - non-bargaining unit employees
	990-1.2: Telework Policy, Effective Date: 11/18/2011 - bargaining unit employeesEmployee Relations

751-1: Official Reprimands (Abolished except Exhibit 751-1-A), Effective Date: 05/01/1995751-1: Official Reprimands (Abolished except Exhibit 751-1-A) (DOC), Effective Date: 05/01/1995
	752: Discipline and Adverse Action, Effective Date: 03/20/2009
	771-1: Administrative Grievance Procedure (13 pages), Effective Date: 06/05/2008
	HHS Anti-Harassment Policy and Procedures, Effective Date: 4/17/17Senior Executive Service

920-1: Executive Resources Management, Effective Date: 03/20/2008920-1: Executive Resources Management (DOC), Effective Date: 03/20/2008
	920-2: The Senior Executive Service: Reduction in Force and Furlough, Effective Date: 06/05/1996920-2: The Senior Executive Service: Reduction in Force and Furlough (DOC), Effective Date: 06/05/1996
	OHR Guidance 05-19, SES Position Management, Effective 8/15/2019Miscellaneous

Nursing Mothers Guidance, Effective Date:  6/18/19 (SME: Office of Assistant Secretary for Health)

                    
  


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