newly appointed employee
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
the term “newly appointed employee” means an individual who is first appointed—
(A) as an employee of the Federal Government; or
(B) as an employee of the Federal Government following a break in service of at least 90 days after that individual's last period of Federal employment, other than—
(i) employment under the Student Educational Employment Program administered by the Office of Personnel Management;
(ii) employment as a law clerk trainee;
(iii) employment under a short-term temporary appointing authority while a student during periods of vacation from the educational institution at which the student is enrolled;
(iv) employment under a provisional appointment if the new appointment is permanent and immediately follows the provisional appointment; or
(v) employment under a temporary appointment that is neither full-time nor the principal employment of the individual;
Source
- 2004–present5 U.S.C. § 9812Government Organization and Employees · Annual leave enhancements · in this section