A tenure group classifies employees based on the nature of their appointment. Groups are listed below in order of highest retention rights (Group I) to lowest (Group III).

Group I: Career employees (permanent appointment) have completed their probationary period
Group II: Career-conditional employees (permanent appointment but have not yet completed their probationary period).
Group III: Employees on term, temporary, or other non-status appointments (e.g., some Pathways programs).

Tenure Subgroup reflects veterans' preference, within each tenure group.

A: Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more
B: Other preference-eligible veterans (5- or 10-point preference)
C: Non-veterans or those without preference

For example: Within a competitive level, a veteran in Subgroup A or B may generally be retained over a non-veteran in Subgroup C who has less seniority.

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