What is Schedule F and What You Need to Know as a Federal Employee
The federal civil service system has traditionally classified positions into different “schedules” that determine hiring processes and job protections. Schedule F represented a major departure from this system by creating a new category specifically for roles that had previously been protected under the competitive service. For you as a federal worker, this signifies a fundamental shift away from the merit-based civil service system that has been in place since the Pendleton Act of 1883. That historic legislation was designed to …