Surplus Surplus is the amount by which the supply exceeds the needs or requirements. Tenure, or Tenure Group For purposes of reduction in Tenure Group describes the retention group in which an employee is placed based on the employee's type of appointment. 0 - No tenure group. Employee is in none of the tenure groups established for reduction-in-force purposes. 1 - Tenure Group 1. Competitive service--Tenure Group 1 includes employees serving under career appointments who either have completed initial appointment probation or are not required to serve initial appointment probation. Excepted service--Tenure Group 1 includes permanent employees whose appointments carry no restriction or condition such as conditional, indefinite, specific time limitation, or period. 2 - Tenure Group 2. Competitive service--Tenure 2 includes employees serving under career-conditional appointments, and under career appointments who are serving initial appointment probation. Excepted service--Tenure Group 2 includes employees who are serving periods, or whose tenure is equivalent to tenure in the service in agencies that have that type of appointment (for example, excepted appointment-conditional). 3 - Tenure 3. Competitive service--Tenure 3 includes indefinite employees, employees under temporary appointments pending establishment of registers, employees under term appointments, employees in status quo, and employees under any other non-status non-temporary appointments. Excepted Group 3 includes employees whose tenure is indefinite; that is, without specific time limitation but not actually or potentially permanent, or with a specific time limitation of more than one year; also, employees who, though currently under appointments limited to one year or less, complete one year of current continuous employment. Tenure, or Years/Length of Service Tenure, Years of Service, or Length of Service are ways of measuring service longevity in association with months of service and days of service. Average Tenure, or Years of Service, can indicate the depth of knowledge and skill level possessed by the workforce and inform planning for training or succession planning.
Surplus Surplus is the amount by which the supply exceeds the needs or requirements. Tenure, or Tenure Group For purposes of reduction in Tenure Group describes the retention group in which an employee is placed based on the employee's type of appointment. 0 - No tenure group. Employee is in none of the tenure groups established for reduction-in-force purposes. 1 - Tenure Group 1. Competitive service--Tenure Group 1 includes employees serving under career appointments who either have completed initial appointment probation or are not required to serve initial appointment probation. Excepted service--Tenure Group 1 includes permanent employees whose appointments carry no restriction or condition such as conditional, indefinite, specific time limitation, or period. 2 - Tenure Group 2. Competitive service--Tenure 2 includes employees serving under career-conditional appointments, and under career appointments who are serving initial appointment probation. Excepted service--Tenure Group 2 includes employees who are serving periods, or whose tenure is equivalent to tenure in the service in agencies that have that type of appointment (for example, excepted appointment-conditional). 3 - Tenure 3. Competitive service--Tenure 3 includes indefinite employees, employees under temporary appointments pending establishment of registers, employees under term appointments, employees in status quo, and employees under any other non-status non-temporary appointments. Excepted Group 3 includes employees whose tenure is indefinite; that is, without specific time limitation but not actually or potentially permanent, or with a specific time limitation of more than one year; also, employees who, though currently under appointments limited to one year or less, complete one year of current continuous employment. Tenure, or Years/Length of Service Tenure, Years of Service, or Length of Service are ways of measuring service longevity in association with months of service and days of service. Average Tenure, or Years of Service, can indicate the depth of knowledge and skill level possessed by the workforce and inform planning for training or succession planning.
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