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[CITE: 5USC3402]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart B--Employment and Retention
 
          CHAPTER 34--PART-TIME CAREER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
 
Sec. 3402. Establishment of part-time career employment programs

    (a)(1) In order to promote part-time career employment opportunities 
in all grade levels, the head of each agency, by regulation, shall 
establish and maintain a program for part-time career employment within 
such agency. Such regulations shall provide for--
        (A) the review of positions which, after such positions become 
    vacant, may be filled on a part-time career employment basis 
    (including the establishment of criteria to be used in identifying 
    such positions);
        (B) procedures and criteria to be used in connection with 
    establishing or converting positions for part-time career 
    employment, subject to the limitations of section 3403 of this 
    title;
        (C) annual goals for establishing or converting positions for 
    part-time career employment, and a timetable setting forth interim 
    and final deadlines for achieving such goals;
        (D) a continuing review and evaluation of the part-time career 
    employment program established under such regulations; and
        (E) procedures for notifying the public of vacant part-time 
    positions in such agency, utilizing facilities and funds otherwise 
    available to such agency for the dissemination of information.

    (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) Regulations 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 Office of Personnel Management, 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 
chapter.
    (2) The Office shall conduct a research and demonstration program 
with respect to part-time career 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.

(Added Pub. L. 95-437, Sec. 3(a), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1056, 
Sec. 3392; renumbered Sec. 3402 and amended Pub. L. 95-454, title IX, 
Sec. 906(c)(1)(B), (2)(B), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1226.)


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 906(c)(1)(B), renumbered section 3392 of 
this title as this section.
    Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 906(c)(2)(B)(i), substituted 
``3403'' for ``3393''.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 906(c)(2)(B)(ii), substituted 
``Office of Personnel Management'' for ``Civil Service Commission'' and 
``chapter'' for ``subchapter''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 95-454, Sec. 906(c)(2)(B)(iii), substituted 
``Office'' for ``Commission''.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-454 effective 90 days after Oct. 13, 1978, 
see section 907 of Pub. L. 95-454, set out as a note under section 1101 
of this title.
