Employee Action Leave Policy Employee is on duty. Agency should grant excused absence for the remainder of the workday following the employee's authorized time of dismissal even if the employee is scheduled to take leave later in the day. The agency should charge leave for the period remaining before the employee's time of dismissal and should grant excused absence for the remainder of the workday following the employee's time of dismissal, even if the employee is scheduled to take leave later in the workday. The agency may approve leave, require the employee to return to work, or grant excused absence for the period before the time of dismissal and should grant excused absence for the remainder of the workday following the employee's time of dismissal, even if the employee is scheduled to take leave later in the workday. The agency should continue to charge the employee leave for the entire workday.
Employee fails to report for work.
The agency should charge AWOL or permit the employee to request annual leave, sick leave, or LWOP, as appropriate, for the entire workday. Exceptions to this policy should be made only in unusual circumstances. However, employees have no entitlement to excused absence. Agencies must notify employees of the procedures to be followed in these situations.