2015 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees (Sections 101 - 11001)
Part III - Employees (Sections 2101 - 11001)
Subpart E - Attendance and Leave (Sections 6101 - 6506)
Chapter 65 - Telework (Sections 6501 - 6506)
Sec. 6503 - Training and monitoring
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES PART III - EMPLOYEES Subpart E - Attendance and Leave CHAPTER 65 - TELEWORK Sec. 6503 - Training and monitoring |
Contains | section 6503 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 111-292, §2(a), Dec. 9, 2010, 124 Stat. 3166. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 124 Stat. 3166 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 111-292 |
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(a) In General.—The head of each executive agency shall ensure that—
(1) an interactive telework training program is provided to—
(A) employees eligible to participate in the telework program of the agency; and
(B) all managers of teleworkers;
(2) except as provided under subsection (b), an employee has successfully completed the interactive telework training program before that employee enters into a written agreement to telework described under section 6502(b)(2);
(3) teleworkers and nonteleworkers are treated the same for purposes of—
(A) periodic appraisals of job performance of employees;
(B) training, rewarding, reassigning, promoting, reducing in grade, retaining, and removing employees;
(C) work requirements; or
(D) other acts involving managerial discretion; and
(4) when determining what constitutes diminished employee performance, the agency shall consult the performance management guidelines of the Office of Personnel Management.
(b) Training Requirement Exemptions.—The head of an executive agency may provide for an exemption from the training requirements under subsection (a), if the head of that agency determines that the training would be unnecessary because the employee is already teleworking under a work arrangement in effect before the date of enactment of this chapter.
(Added Pub. L. 111–292, §2(a), Dec. 9, 2010, 124 Stat. 3166.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 111–292, which was approved Dec. 9, 2010.
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