Administrative Leave/Excused Absence  |  Annual Leave  |  Compensatory Time
Conference/Convention Leave  |  Court Leave  |  Emergency Leave  |  Family Leave
Holiday Leave  |  Leave Without Pay  |  Parenting Leave  |  Religious Observance
Sabbatical Leave  |  Sick Leave  |  Miscellaneous

1. Allowing compensatory time to be taken up to one year from the date it is earned and provide overtime payment for compensatory time not used within the year. AFGE, Local 3488, 12 FLRA 532, Proposal 2 (second sentence) and Proposal 5 (second sentence) [N]
2. Concerning the time within which compensatory time off is to be requested or taken. AFGE, Local 3488, 12 FLRA 532, Proposals 2 and 5 [N]
3. Once earned, employees may use compensatory time at any time prior to the end of a leave year or any time within six pay periods––whichever is later. NTEU, 14 FLRA 179 [N]
4. Requiring compensatory time for travel to and from temporary duty locations outside normal work hours. NFFE, Local 1445, 16 FLRA 1094, Provision 1 [NN]
5. Permitting employees who work more than regular working hours to choose to be paid for the overtime or to take compensatory time. Radio Officers Union, 19 FLRA 632, Proposal 2, Article I, Section 15D [NN]
6. Agency to accommodate employee requests for compensatory time off or work for religious compensatory time. Federal Union of Scientists and Engineers, Local R1–144, 26 FLRA 568 [NN]
7. Compensatory time will be accrued at a rate of 2 to 1 for Title 38 employees. AFGE, AFL–CIO, National Council of Virginia Locals, 29 FLRA 515, Proposal 6, Article 27, Section 5D [NN]
8. Compensatory time may be accumulated for one year and if an employee does not use his compensatory time within one year he will be paid at the overtime rate. AFGE, AFL–CIO, National Council of Virginia Locals, 29 FLRA 515, Proposal 6, Article 27, Section 5C [N]
9. Requiring the agency to grant religious compensatory leave for a death in the employee’s immediate family. NTEU, 52 FLRA 1265, Article 18, Section 6 [N]

Conference/Convention Leave

1. Absences without charge to leave will be granted for travel to professional meetings and conferences. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Section 5B(2) (second sentence) [N]
2. Employees to proceed in a certain manner in seeking approval for absences to attend professional meeting and conferences. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Section 5B(2) (fourth and fifth sentences) [N]
3. Part–time staff may be granted authorized absence to attend national conventions of veterans’ service organizations and professional meetings and conferences. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Section 5B(3) [N]
4. Employees to receive administrative leave to attend national convention of veterans’ service organizations. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Section 5B(1) (second sentence) [N]

Court Leave

1. Providing for court leave and funeral leave. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1786, 26 FLRA 446, Provisions 3, 4, and 5 [N]
2. Procedures for requesting and taking jury leave. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1815, 29 FLRA 1447, Article 18 [N]
3. Court leave will be administered in accordance with appropriate statutes and regulations. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 11 [N]

Emergency Leave

1. Establishing factors to be considered by management in deciding whether to grant excused leave in emergencies such as severe weather, and requiring management to consult with the union before deciding how much excused leave would be granted. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1738, 27 FLRA 52, Proposal 10 [N]
2. Directing the installation’s commander to determine when the installation would be closed during inclement weather or other emergencies. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1858, 27 FLRA 69, Provision 10, Article 50, Section 1 [NN]
3. Agency to grant employees leave in personal emergencies. Overseas Education Association, Inc., 27 FLRA 492, Proposal 16, Section 5 [NN]
4. Barring consideration of approved emergency leave request in appraising employee performance. IAM, 33 FLRA 711, Proposal 4, Article 8 [NN]
5. An employee shall submit an application for leave transfer no later than 366 days after the beginning of a medical emergency. NTEU, 39 FLRA 740, Provision 1 [N]
6. Limiting bona fide emergencies the agency’s authority to rescind leave once granted. AFGE, Local 1900, 51 FLRA 133 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]

Family Leave

1. Family leave may be granted in order to aid, assist, or care for any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship. AFGE, National Council of HUD locals, 39 FLRA 396, Provision 3, Article 24, Section 24.11 [N]

Holiday Leave

1. All legal holidays in the United States and the Republic of Panama to be legal holidays. Maritime/Metal Trades Council, 26 FLRA 140, Proposal 1 [NN]
2. Holidays scheduled off to be equitably distributed. National Union of Hospital and Healthcare Employees, AFL–CIO, District 1190, 28 FLRA 435, Proposal 10, Article 36 [N]
3. Employees working around a holiday to be granted liberal leave if requested. NTEU, Chapter 22, 29 FLRA 348, PSC Proposal 10 and PRP Proposal 8 [NN]
4. Permitting the negotiation of holidays. WPESTA, NEA, 29 FLRA 1531, Proposal 3, Article 11, Section 4 [NN]
5. Providing as a holiday an employee’s birthday. SEIU, Local 556, AFL–CIO, 29 FLRA 1553 [N]
6. Holidays for Veterans Affairs employees will be those established by statute or Executive Order. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 6, Article 14(a), Section 1 [N]
7. Agency may approve leave before or after holidays. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 6, Article 14(a), Section 2 [N]
8. Allowing employees to apply for scheduled leave which includes both Christmas and New Year’s requests. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 6, Article 14(a), Section 3 [N]
9. Providing for a grouping of holidays where 24–hour, 7–day–a–week staff is necessary. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 6, Article 14(a), Section 4 [N]
10. The scheduling of holidays off within each group will be equitably distributed in accordance with section 6 which sets forth a method for resolving conflicts in holiday scheduling, and as staffing and workload requirements permit. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 6, Article 14(a), Sections 4 and 6 [N]
11. Establishing a procedure by which employees may request holidays off in connection with annual leave. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 6, Article 14(a), Section 5 [N]
12. Employees who work on a holiday will be paid under controlling regulations and/or laws. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 6, Article 14(a), Section 7 [N]
13. Employees will not be charged annual leave when a decision is made to close a facility on a state or local holiday because no Federal work can be properly performed as determined under agency regulations. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 6, Article 14(a), Section 9 [N]

Leave Without Pay

1. Agency to approve requests for leave without pay. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 12, 18 FLRA 418, Proposal 3 [NN]
2. Setting forth criteria governing the granting of leave without pay. NFFE, Local 15, 19 FLRA 48, Proposal 1 [NN]
3. Agency to grant leave without pay to an employee who meets the specified criteria. NFFE, Local 15, 19 FLRA 48, Proposal 1 [NN]
4. Providing substantive criteria for management to apply when deciding whether to authorize employee absence. NFFE, Local 15, 19 FLRA 48, Proposal 1 [NN]
5. Agency to consider placing on leave without pay an employee who has applied for disability retirement when a removal action is involved. AFSCME, Local 2027, 27 FLRA 191, Proposal 2 [N]
6. Establishing an absolute right to leave without pay upon election to a full–time union office. Illinois Nurses Association, 27 FLRA 714, Section 8 (first two sentences) [NN]
7. Employee returning from leave without pay to be restored to his former position or to a comparable position. Illinois Nurses Association, 27 FLRA 714, Section 8 (last sentence) [NN]
8. Assigning authority for approval of leave without pay to specific management officials. Fort Stewart Association of Educators, 28 FLRA 547, Proposal 3, Section F [NN]
9. Leave without pay may be granted with respect to employees who have applied for disability retirement or they may be given an option of using sick or annual leave, and nurses on approved leave without pay will be reinstated without loss of seniority. Veterans Administration Staff Nurses Council, Local 5032, WFNHP, AFT, AFL–CIO, 29 FLRA 849, Proposal 11, Article XXI, Sections 2 and 4 [N]
10. If an employee requests advanced sick or annual leave in lieu of leave without pay, the possibility of granting such will be examined and will be granted when possible. NFFE, 29 FLRA 1491, Provision 14, Article XX, Section 21.15 [NN]
11. Stating the conditions for granting of leave without pay. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360 [N]
12. Permitting the agency to designate who will approve leave without pay for 30 days or less and for more than 30 days. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 7, Article 14(a), Section 3 [NN]
13. Describing the procedure an employee must follow to substitute leave without pay for annual and sick leave or vice versa after leave without pay has been authorized in circumstances where the employee is disabled on the job and files a claim for worker's compensation or disability retirement. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 7, Article 14(a), Section 5 [N]
14. Setting forth the minimum amount of time that employees maybe charged leave without pay. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 7, Article 14(a), Section 6 [N]
15. Chief of Services to notify in writing employees who have been on leave without pay for more than 30 days that there is no assurance of their assignment to their former positions on the expiration of the approved period of leave without pay, although as a matter of policy the agency will make every effort to return them to the facility which granted the leave without pay, except when the employee’s request transfer to another facility and there is a suitable vacancy there and both facilities concur in the transfer. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 7, Article 14(a), Section 8 [NN]
16. Agency to carry on leave without pay those employees who are medically unable to execute their assigned duties pending disposition of their requests for disability retirement or compensation. IAM, 33 FLRA 711, Proposal 7 [NN]
17. Requiring that whenever possible management will grant employees leave without pay for up to 26 weeks when it results in fulfillment of parental or family responsibilities or the improvement or protection of an employee’s health. NFFE, Local 405, 42 FLRA 1112, Proposal 17, Article 14, Section 3(b) [NN]
18. Providing that approved leave or leave without pay will not be used as a basis for disciplining an employee. NFFE, Local 405, 42 FLRA 1112, Proposal 20, Article 14, Section 9 [NN]
19. Leave without pay shall be granted for the illness or disability of employees with handicapping conditions. AFGE, Local 1923, 44 FLRA 1405 [NN]
20. The agency will grant leave without pay to serve as a Union national officer, to study at an accredited higher learning institution, and to use during an illness or injury when annual and sick leave have been exhausted. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provision 12, Article 13, Section 40 [NN]
21. Any other requests for leave without pay will be approved in a fair and objective manner under certain conditions. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provision 13, Article 13, Section 43 [NN]
22. An employee returning to duty after leave without pay will be assigned to the position held before the leave began or, in certain circumstances, to a like position. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provision 14, Article 13, Section 44A and 44B [NN]

Parenting Leave

1. Allowing male employees up to 30 consecutive days annual leave or leave without pay for paternity leave. AFGE, AFL–CIO, International Council of Marshals Service Locals, 15 FLRA 333, Proposal 1, Article 21 [NN]
2. Agency to grant all available accrued leave and up to six months additional leave without pay as maternity leave. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 3804, 21 FLRA 870 [NN]
3. A leave of absence of up to a year for an employee upon the birth or adoption of a child. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1770, 28 FLRA 493, Provision 10, Article 22, Part C, Section 8(f) [N]
4. Employees who are pregnant will be allowed to work as long as they and their doctors feel is wise, prior to delivery, and maternity leave in the form of sick leave, annual leave, and leave without pay will be granted during delivery, confinement and for a period of not more than the period of absence established by the employee, her physician, and her supervisor. NFFE, 29 FLRA 1491, Provision 13, Article 20, Section 21.10 (first sentence) [N]
5. Employee shall be returned to her position or a like position at the end of maternity leave. NFFE, 29 FLRA 1491, Provision 13, Article 20, Section 21.10 (second sentence) [NN]
6. Agency to grant the request of an employee returning from maternity leave to work part-time or in a job–sharing capacity unless this would have an adverse effect on the efficiency of the service. NTEU, 31 FLRA 181, Proposal 1 [NN]
7. Sick, annual or leave without pay may be granted as appropriate for maternity or paternity leave. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 14, Article 14(a), Section 1 [N]
8. Employees will be granted accumulated and accrued sick leave consistent with medical need due to pregnancy. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 14, Article 14(a), Section 4 [N]
9. Permitting the agency to grant annual leave, sick leave and leave without pay to new fathers, as maternity leave, to the maximum extent permitted by the statute and regulations. IAM, 33 FLRA 711, Proposal 12 [N]
10. Family leave may be granted in order to aid, assist, or care for ... any individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship. AFGE, National Council of HUD Locals, 39 FLRA 396, Proposal 3 [N]. Upheld in Housing and Urban Development v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 964 F.2d 1 (D.C. Cir. 1992).
11. Family leave, normally not to exceed six months, will be granted employees. Fort Bragg Association of Teachers, 44 FLRA 852, Provision 4, Article 11, Section 13(c) [NN]
12. Authorizing maternity or paternity leave in certain circumstances. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provisions 15 and 16 [NN]

Religious Observance

1. Management to make accommodations for religious activities. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2263, 15 FLRA 580, Proposal 5 [NN]
2. Agency to grant an employee time off for religious observance except under unusual circumstances. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1923, 17 FLRA 543 [NN]
3. Except in emergency situations, compensatory time will be granted for personal religious observances. NFFE, 29 FLRA 1491, Provision 11, Article XX, Section 21.5 [NN]
4. Agency to grant time off for religious observance without respect to the agency’s need for the employee’s services during the period in question. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1458, 29 FLRA 3, Provision 3, Article 12, Section 7 [NN]
5. Permitting employees, when practicable, to be absent from work in order to observe religious holidays. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 6, Article 14(a), Section 8 [N]
6. Requesting compensatory time off for religious observances. NTEU, 38 FLRA 1366, Proposal 2 [NN]
7. The earning and use of compensatory overtime for religious observances. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provision 17 [N]
8. Concerning compensatory time for religious observances. POPA, 48 FLRA 546 [N]

Sabbatical Leave

1. A year’s sabbatical leave, with pay, for any covered employee, after ten years’ continuous service with the agency. Fort Knox Teachers Association, 26 FLRA 934 [N]
2. Reinstatement of a teacher to his original position following the sabbatical. Fort Knox Teachers Association, 26 FLRA 934 [NN]

Sick Leave

1. Allowing the agency to require a medical certificate for sick leave only when it has been established that a pattern of abuse exists and the employee is notified in writing that certificates will be required. AFGE, Local 3488, 12 FLRA 532, Proposal 6 [N]
2. Management to grant sick leave on bases other than those provided under government–wide Office of Personnel Management regulations. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2263, 15 FLRA 580, Proposal 4 [NN]
3. Concerning procedures for the requesting and taking of sick leave. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1815, 29 FLRA 1447, Provision 2, Article 15 [N]
4. Designating the principal as the person who is authorized to request medical verification of an employee’s request for sick leave. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1815, 29 FLRA 1447, Provision 2, Article 15, Section 6 [NN]
5. Prior to the employee being placed on sick leave restrictions, the employee must be counseled at least twice concerning leave abuse. NFFE, 29 FLRA 1491, Provision 12, Article XX, Section 21.9 [NN]
6. Management to grant sick leave under the listed circumstances. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 3 (fifth and sixth sentences) [NN]
7. Establishing reporting procedures and requirements for incapacitated employees. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 3 [N]
8. An incapacitated employee will report the illness to the supervisor, or designee, as soon as possible. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 3 (fisrt and second sentences) [N]
9. If an employee expects to be absent more than one day, the employee will advise the supervisor of the approximate date of return. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 3 (third sentence) [N]
10. Where the employee so advises the supervisor, daily reports will not be necessary. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 3 (fourth sentence) [N]
11. An employee routinely will not be required to reveal the nature of illness as a condition of leave approval. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 3 (fifth sentence) [NN]
12. Failure to furnish the nature of the illness will not, by itself, serve as a basis for disapproval of the leave. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 3 (sixth sentence) [NN]
13. Describing the circumstances under which a written application or medical certification will or will not be required to support the use of sick leave. NFFE, ,Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 2 [N]
14. Establishing a procedure by which employees who are suspected of sick leave abuse will be required to establish proof of sickness and will be counseled about the requirements. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 2 [N]
15. Describing the circumstances when sickness which occurs during a period of annual leave will be charged to sick leave and not to annual leave. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 4 [N]
16. Describing the circumstances under which sickness occurring during the period of leave without pay will be charged to sick leave. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 5 [N]
17. Describing charges to sick leave for full–time physicians, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 6 [N]
18. Outlining the use of advanced sick leave. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 7 [N]
19. Concerning the type of leave which will be authorized for employees on prolonged absences, who are not expected to return to work and the type of leave which will be granted to employees on prolonged absences, who are expected to return to work. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 9 [N]
20. Authorizing the use of sick leave for employees who are Veterans Affairs claimants or beneficiaries and are ordered by the agency to undergo a medical examination. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 10 [N]
21. Describing the circumstances for use of involuntary sick leave. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 8 [NN]
22. Providing for the termination of involuntary sick leave when the employee presents himself or herself for duty and a competent medical authority determines the employee is able to perform his or her duties. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 8 [NN]
23. Concerning crediting and re-crediting of sick leave for employees who change employment within Department of Medicine and Surgery; who are reemployed by the agency after a break in service of not more than 3 years; or who are reemployed by the agency during the period covered by lump–sum payments. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 11 [N]
24. Permitting the agency to grant an employee advanced sick leave or leave without pay. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 7 [N]
25. Obligating management to act on employee requests for sick leave, annual leave or leave without pay to undergo treatment or counseling in a nondiscriminatory manner. NFFE , Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 20, Article 21, Section 3E [N]
26. Preventing the agency from denying sick leave request exclusively on the basis that the requests were not made within its established time frame. IAM, 33 FLRA 711, Proposal 1, Article 7, Section 2 [N]
27. Barring consideration of approved sick leave request in appraising employee performance. IAM, 33 FLRA 711, Proposal 2, Article 7 [NN]
28. Prescribing employee rights when a request for sick leave is denied. IAM, 33 FLRA 711, Proposal 3 [N]
29. Requiring the agency to give oral and written counseling to an employee prior to placing the employee on sick leave restriction. Service and Hospital Employees International Union, Local 150, 35 FLRA 521, Provision 2 [NN]
30. Limiting the information that an employee can be required to provide management in order to explain a request for sick leave. NFFE, Local 1380, 36 FLRA 725, Provision 3 [NN]
31. Setting forth the circumstances in which the agency will grant sick leave. NAGE, SEIU, AFL–CIO, 40 FLRA 657, Provision 6 [N]
32. Granting sick leave for the care of family members with communicable diseases. POPA, 41 FLRA 795, Provision 14 [NN]
33. Requiring that the agency ordinarily approve sick leave at the time it is requested. NFFE, Local 405, 42 FLRA 1112, Proposal 13, Article 14, Section 2(b) [NN]
34. Sick leave will not ordinarily be denied unless there is a factual basis for believing that the reason it is requested is false or would be otherwise prohibited. NFFE, Local 405, 42 FLRA 1112, Proposal 14, Article 14, Section 2(c) [NN]
35. Requiring that management ordinarily advance sick leave to an employee whose request is supported by medical documentation. NFFE, Local 405, 42 FLRA 1112, Proposal 16, Article 14, Section 2(f) [NN]
36. Requiring the agency to caution employees suspected of abusing sick leave prior to requiring the submission of medical certificates. AFGE, Local 1156, 42 FLRA 1157 [NN]
37. Limiting the agency’s ability to place employees on sick leave restriction where improper use of sick leave is suspected. NFFE, Local 858, 42 FLRA 1169, Provision 1 [NN]
38. Requiring that when the agency suspects sick leave abuse, the agency must notify employees orally and in writing that all future sick leave requests must be supported by a doctor’s certificate. NAGE, R5–82, 43 FLRA 25, Provision 1 [NN]
39. The employer should refrain from calling employees’ physicians to verify the employees’ illnesses. NAGE, R5–82, 43 FLRA 25, Provision 2, Section 5 [N]
40. The employer will not call employees to verify the employees’ illnesses. NAGE, R5–82, 43 FLRA 25, Provision 2, Section 11 [NN]
41. Regarding approval of sick leave when employees are incapacitated for duty. NTEU, 43 FLRA 1442, Proposal 10 [N]
42. Requiring management to exercise its discretion in a fair and objective manner in deciding when to require evidence supporting an employee’s use of sick leave. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provision 9 [NN]
43. Family and Medical Leave Act to apply to employees who must care for medical emergencies for certain persons who are not covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act. AFGE, Council of Marine Corps Locals, Council 240, 50 FLRA 637 [NN, (a)(2)(B)]
44. Requiring the agency to grant time off to an employee who uses only the specified amount of sick leave during a calendar year quarter, regardless of the circumstances. NAGE, R1–109, 53 FLRA 271 [NN, LAW and GWR]
45. Permitting the agency to issue a written warning prior to placing an employee on sick leave restriction. NTEU, 53 FLRA 539, Article 18, Section 1(G) [N]
46. Allowing employees to use sick leave that they have not yet earned. NTEU, 53 FLRA 539, Article 18, Section 1(H) [N]
47. Allowing the use of advanced sick leave for maternity purposes. NTEU, 53 FLRA 539, Article 18, Section 3(A)[N]

Miscellaneous

1. Specifying that employees may take and be charged for annual, sick, and compensatory leave in quarter hours. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2875, 5 FLRA 441, Proposal 4 [N]
2. Specifying that employees, who do not take home leave to which they would otherwise be entitled, be given a cash payment equivalent to the amount that management was prepared to spend. International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots, 13 FLRA 508, Proposals 7 and 8 [NN]
3. Requiring an exigency of work determination by a regional administrator before approved leave can be canceled. NFFE, Local 1, 17 FLRA 427 [NN]
4. Agency to grant leave requests without regard for the necessity for the employee’s service. AFGE, Local 2761, 17 FLRA 899, Proposal 6 [NN]
5. Time spent in donating blood, time spent traveling to and from the site of the donation and the employee’s lunch hour will not be included in the four hour period of excused absence for recuperation following the donation. NFFE, Local 1429, 23 FLRA 117 [N]
6. Giving seniority preference to employees desiring to work rather than take forced leave during a partial closure. AFGE, Local 2185, 23 FLRA 193, Proposal 4(a) [N]
7. Annual, military, maternity, and sick leave for regularly scheduled intermittent employees at a nonappropriated–fund activity. SEIU, Local 556, AFL–CIO, 26 FLRA 380 [N]. Remanded to Federal Labor Relations Authority in Pearl Harbor Navy Exchange v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 841 F.2d 1128 (9th Cir. 1988). On remand, SEIU, Local 556, 37 FLRA 320 [N]
8. Employees on previously approved leave not to be charged for leave on days when employees are dismissed early, or the plant closed due to hazardous weather. NFFE, Local 1655, Proposal 12, 26 FLRA 81 [N]
9. Enabling an employee to request leave of eight hours duration or less from his immediate supervisor. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1738, 27 FLRA 52, Proposal 6 [N]
10. Providing for personal leave, emergency leave, unpaid leave, jury leave, in–service leave and temporary disability leave over the life of the agreement. Fort Knox Teachers Association, 27 FLRA 203, Provision 4 [N]
11. Approved leave may be canceled only for valid operational reasons which require the employee not to take leave. AFGE, AFL–CIO, National Immigration and Naturalization Service Council, 27 FLRA 467, Provision 3, Article 17K(2) [N]
12. Prohibiting the agency from rescinding its approval of requests for leave. Illinois Nurses Association, 27 FLRA 714, Proposal 6, Article XV, Section 4 [NN]
13. Concerning the administration of annual and sick leave. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 1770, 28 FLRA 493, Provision 9 [N]
14. Various types of leave for teachers in the agency’s dependents schools. Fort Stewart (Georgia) Association of Educators, 28 FLRA 547, Proposal 3 [N]
15. Management to take appropriate action so that employees in use–or–lose leave category not lose leave. NTEU, Chapter 22, 29 FLRA 348, PSC Proposal 9 and PRP Proposal 7 [N]
16. If management feels that a pattern of leave abuse is developing, it shall inform the union 90 days prior to any type of action being taken against the employee. AFGE, Local 3884, AFL–CIO, 30 FLRA 10, Proposal 1 [NN]
17. Management shall supply to the union all patterns of leave use which management feels are leave abuse. AFGE, Local 3884, AFL–CIO, 30 FLRA 10, Proposal 2 [N]
18. Seeking to limit agency inquiries concerning an employee’s absence. AFGE, AFL–CIO, Local 2052, 30 FLRA 837 [NN]
19. Defining the manner in which an employee will report an unauthorized absence and the consequences which flow from such absences. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 9, Article 14(a), Section 1 [N]
20. Describing the incremental charges of an unauthorized absence for various types of employees. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 9, Article 14(a), Section 2 [N]
21. Obligating the agency to inform affected employees of its decision to grant or deny a leave request. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 4, Article 14(a), Section 1 [N]
22. When an employee has leave approved and subsequently changes work locations and leave group, at the direction of management, the leave will not be lost when it is practical to make other arrangements. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 16, Article 14(a), Section 3 [N]
23. Disposition of leave on retirement. NFFE, Council of Veterans Administration Locals, 31 FLRA 360, Proposal 17, Article 14(a) [N]
24. Requiring the agency to grant leave to employees who fail to report for duty or refuse to perform work. NTEU, Chapter 237, 32 FLRA 62, Provision 7, Article 40 (second sentence) [NN]
25. Permitting the agency to cancel leave when an unscheduled and unpredictable mission requirement is involved. AFGE, Local 2761, 32 FLRA 1006, Provision 3 [NN]
26. Prohibiting the agency from rescinding approved leave requests “except in extreme emergency”. Service and Hospital Employees International Union, Local 150, 35 FLRA 521, Provision 1, Article XVII [NN]
27. Authorizing leaves of absence for employees to serve full–time in certain elective and appointive union positions. NTEU, 39 FLRA 27, Provisions 6, 7, 8, and 9 [N]
28. Requiring the agency to grant non–emergency leave, upon an employee’s request, under prescribed conditions. Fort Bragg Association of Teachers, 44 FLRA 852, Provision 3 [NN]
29. Home leave will be granted and used within 90 days after the employee becomes eligible. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provisions 7 and 8 [NN]
30. Requiring management to grant requested leave if competent medical authority determines that the employee is unable to return to work. NTEU, 46 FLRA 696, Provision 24 [NN]
31. Consistent with the MOD, the parties will work out arrangements for a reduced number of supervisors and place them on the advanced leave schedule as efficiently as possible. NATCA, Rochester Local, 56 FLRA 288, Proposals 1 and 2 [NN, LAW]
32. Requires the Agency to grant leave pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement and to provide additional personnel to cover the shift of employees granted the leave. NAGE, Local R1–109, 61 FLRA 593, Proposal 11 [N]