The Washington times., 1936-08-11
NEW. DECISION
ON LEAVE
ISSUED
By ]. EARLE MOSER

Public Printer Augustus E. Gle
gengack, Acting Comptroller Gen.
eral Richard N. Elliott has issued
a decision, one of several recent
ones, designed to aid Federal ad-
ministrative officials in interpret
ing the recent executive order gov
erning sick and annual leave for
employees.
While some of the Public Print
er's questions refer only to G.P.O.
workers, the majority may be APP
piled to the service as whole and
their answers will very likely be
put in force in most offices.
In the case of annual leave, it
was reiterated that employees of
one or more years of service will
have their unearned leave de-
Quoted in case they resign. This,
of course, it not new. Also, how
ever, it was decided that workers
who transferred to G. P. o. be-
tween the passage of the leave
bills of March IA and July l may
not transfer their accrued leave
to the new office. This is because
the uniform leave regulations were
made effective as of July l.
In answer to query as to
whether employees discharged be-
cause of their misconduct should
have their accrued leave confiS-
Gated, the G.. A. O. order pointed
out that the regulations do not ex-
preSsly deny accrued leave to such
workers, and said it would be OPP
tional with heads of offices
whether in such cases dismissal
would be made effective at once
or at the expiration of accrued
leave. Military leave for tempo
rary employees was denied tersely.
Sick leave advances for the rest
of the year we're denied by the
decision to any workers who used
the allowable three prior to July
/, even though the advances
were short ones, and transfers
of accrued sick leave prior to
July were likewise denied. Work
ers who retired between March
IA and July /, and who had re-
ceived more sick leave than they
had accumulated, escaped any
deductions because of a lack of
any rule on the subject, Mr.. FL
lott declared.
For taking sick leave on ones
signed statement, without a doc
tors certificate, it was ruled that
all such periods of leave must
be counted within the accumula-
ton of IL days allowed in any
one calendar year, whether the
leave was taken before or after
July /. And concurrently sick
leave is allowed probationary en-
ployes awaiting Civil Service
status, though advances are linn
tied to the amount they can earn
during their probationary period.
New Angle
At the same time that Govern
ment workers are being figura-
lively "black-jacked" for political
contributions, an unconfirmed
report is to the effect that a
promise of a part of the semi
monthly salary, "as long as the
job lasts" will bring the needy
one a position. Providing the
needy one knows the man to go
to-a man who reputedly already
has a nice income from semi
monthly expressions of gratitude.
Odds and Ends
Colonel Stengle blew into town
yesterday says he won't
fight" for the A. F. G.. E. presi-
dency but will accept if elected
and formed six new lodges
during his Middle West trip, he
says Reed Martin, chief clerk,
and the G. A. o. personnel office
had a merry time yesterday with
applicants who answered that
lad" for non-civil service workers
on the bonus audit in a Govern
ment column the "ad," Of
course, was satire, and G. A. o.
told the applicants to "see the
man who wrote it, we don't know
anything about it" pretty
Gloria Coriols, Farm Credit Ad.
ministration, leaves Saturday en-
route to London for a year of
study at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art she has ap-
peared in Eastern stock companies
and shows much promise, critics
say . Charles Burroughs of the
AAA audit section has switched to
the South Building and is missed
muchIy by a few boys and many
girls the AAA lodge, A. F. G. E.,
points out that cts mighty COM
forting to know that when you
reach the bottom there's no place
to go but up!"
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