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What is a Temporary Appointment? Temporary appointments have a set time-limit and include the following: -Detail: A temporary assignment to another job. You must be a current federal employee to apply to detail jobs. -Intermittent: Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady. -Term: A job that may last one to four years. Term appointments may be used for project work, extraordinary workload, scheduled cancellation of a position, reorganization, uncertainty of future funding, or contracting out of the function. -Temporary: A job that will last no longer than one year. -Seasonal: An annually recurring job that may last six months or more in one year. -Summer: A job available during the summer months, usually for students.

I hope you will consider stronger protections for those on temporary appts from being abused and exploited. I think if you spend more than a certain amount of time with an org or company, you should automatically get certain benefits (jury duty leave, maternity/paternity benefits) and protections. We are humans with lives, families, and responsibilities. Not right to have someone walk in on their first day and get twice as much leave as a seasoned employee of several years who has experience in multiple departments, at the same grade level.

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