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Personnel Management Office
Streamlining Probationary and Trial Period Appeals
Published August 3, 2026. Takes effect September 2, 2026. printed at 91 FR 49072. amending 5 CFR 11, 5 CFR 230, 5 CFR 315, 5 CFR 432.
New federal workers serve a trial period. This limits when they may appeal.
What the Rule Says It Does
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to change the circumstances and procedures for adjudicating appeals from employees terminated during their probationary and trial periods and supervisors and managers who fail to complete their probationary periods. Executive order, "Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service," rendered the prior procedures for appealing such actions to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) inoperative. This final rule establishes a new, limited appeals process adjudicated by OPM. The final rule also makes conforming amendments.
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