Evening star., 1936-07-10
Permits 30-Day Absence for
Sickness to BE Granted
Thrice Yearly. j
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
TO GET NO ADVANCES
Regulations Held Liberal-Rul.
ing Clarifies Two
Points.
BY ], A, FOX.

A liberal Interpretation of the new
leave law today was laid down by
President Roosevelt in an executive
order which prescribed uniform regu-
lations for granting sick and annual
leave throughout the Government
adjustment.
Operating for the first time under
legislation which permits sick leave
to be advanced in 30-day allotments
in emergency cases, the President
held this 30-day allowance could be
given three times year but no more.
Sick leave accumulateS at the rate Of
a day and quarter a month, and
where the application for leave is in
Ecess of the amount accumulated,
and circumstances Go not justify the
advancement, any excess over the
amount due must be chargeable
against leave without pay
Sick leave will not accrue during a
leave without period when the
latter runs over 30 days, but when
sickness lasts more than five days
when an employ is on annual leave
with pay. the days sick may be charged
against sick leave.
The President decided also that in
case of voluntary separation or re-
moval for cause. any employe who
has received an advance on sick leave,
in excess of the amount accrued, must
make restitution. This, however, does
not apply in case of death.
Temporary Employees.
Temporary employees get the regular
day and a quarter per month sick
leave. but no advances and appoint
ments for six months or under are
circumscribed By this rule.
Their annual leave is, under the law,
at the rate of 2ip days month. Per-
manent employees get 2ls.
The minimum charge for sick leave
is one-half day except on Saturdays,
or any other day when four hours con-
stitutes work day. In these cases, it
is chargeable in n1ultiples of one hour.
Where employees are sick for three
days or less, their word will be taken
for the cause OF absence, rather than
requiring a physicians certificate, and
such a situation will be permitted four
times a year.
Other Sick Leave Provisions.
The rules also provide for granting
sick leave in maternity cases or where
some member of the family is afflicted
with a contagious disease that re-
quires the attendance of :;le employe
or that his presence at work would
jeopardize the safety of other workers.
Employees outside of continental
United States continue to enjoy leave
differential over those employed ir this
country.
The Presidents order cleared up two
points covering the period from
January to March IA. when no leave
laws were in effect. The new law
became retroactive on the later date.l
He held that if sick leave in excess
of one and one quarter days a month
was taken in that period, it is charge
able against sick leave subsequently
accruing. Where an employe. he said.
who was not entitled to sick leave
under prior law and now is entitled
to it took leave without pay or annual
leave because he was i'll. ne may now
substitute sick leave as it accumulateS.
In the annual leave regulations the
President also settled the point THAI
bobS up when employees are separated
from the service.
He said that when this separation
is without prejudice, the employe is
entitled to all leave due him up until
the date he leaves service. The
minimum charge against annual leave
is Is minutes.
In some cases the Presidents rules
give effect to practices long in vogue
IN certain agencies, but not carried
out elsewhere.