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Strategic Management of Human Capital | Employment and Benefits |
November 6, 2001
We are pleased to announce the issuance of interim
regulations that will assist Federal employees who would lose their excess
annual leave because of their involvement in activities related to the current
national emergency. The interim
regulations were published in the Federal
Register on November 2, 2001 (66 FR 55557), and are available on the Office
of Personnel Managements (OPMs) Web site at http://www.opm.gov/fedregis/index.htm. Section 6304 of title 5, United States Code, establishes
limitations on the amount of annual leave an employee may carry over from one
leave year to the next. However, 5
U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(b) also provides that excess annual leave lost as a result of
exigencies of the public business when the annual leave was scheduled in
advance may be restored to the affected employee. On September 14, 2001, President Bush declared a National
Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon. The National
Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks constitutes an exigency of
the public business, which justifies the restoration of any forfeited annual
leave in excess of the maximum allowable limits. The interim regulations simplify the procedures for
restoring annual leave forfeited by an employee who is performing work vital to
our Nation and impose relaxed time limitations for using restored annual leave.
The interim regulations became effective on November 2, 2001.
(On November 6, 2001, the Federal
Register issued a correction to change the effective date of the interim
regulations from December 3, 2001, to November 2, 2001 (66 FR 56033).)
Comments on the interim regulations must be submitted to OPM by January
2, 2002. Questions may be referred to OPMs Office of Compensation
Administration on (202) 606-2858 or by email at payleave@opm.gov. Last Modified: 4:16:58 PM on Thursday, September 04, 2003 |