June 26, 1997
MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTORS OF PERSONNEL (CPM 97-7)
FROM: DONALD J.
WINSTEAD
ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR
FOR
COMPENSATION POLICY
SUBJECT: Latest Developments in Leave Policies
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has transmitted to
Congress a report evaluating the 3-year experimental program
under the Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act (Public Law
103-388, October 22, 1994) that permits Federal employees to use
sick leave for family care or bereavement purposes. The Act
required OPM to evaluate the use of sick leave for family care or
bereavement purposes and to make recommendations as to whether
the entitlements under the Act should continue beyond December
21, 1997. In the report, OPM recommended that the provisions of
the Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act be made
permanent. We thank all of the agencies who provided comments and
recommendations for this report. A copy of the report is
available on OPM's electronic Bulletin Board System on (202)
606-4800 (Compensation Administration Forum). The report is also available
on OPM's website.
We are also pleased to inform you that section 9004 of Public Law
105-18, effective June 12, 1997, added section 6391 to title 5,
United States Code, to provide that in the event of a major
disaster or emergency, the President has the authority to direct
OPM to create a special emergency leave transfer program to
permit the transfer of annual leave to employees who are
adversely affected by such disaster or emergency. Affected
employees would not have to exhaust their own accumulated leave
before qualifying for transferred leave. Employees in any
executive agency will be able to donate annual leave to affected
employees in the same agency or other agencies, and agency leave
banks will be able to donate leave to the emergency leave
transfer program established under this legislation. OPM plans to
issue regulations in the near future on the new emergency leave
transfer program.
For further information, contact the Compensation Administration
Division at (202) 606-2858 or email at payleave@opm.gov.
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