Evening star., 1952-01-07
The Federal Spotlight
Question and Answer Replies
Explain New Leave System
BY Joseph Youno

z. What authority does an
agency have to grant leave in an
Iticipation of earnings when the
rate of accrual is about to change?
Employees may be granted any
annual leave that will accrue
through the last full pay period in
the year. II the rate of accrual will
change during the year, the ac-
'crual will be computed on the
basis of the two accrual rates.
Lump Sum Leave Payment.
8. What authority does an
agency have to grant leave in an
ticipation Of earnings prior to
completion Of the 90-day con-
tinuous service requirement?
None. An employe must COM
Iplete the 90-day continuous serv-
ice requirement after initial en-
Iployment, or unemployment after
ia break in service of one or more
work days, before he is entitled to
leave. However. if an employe is
credited with leave represented by
a refund of any portion of a lump
I sum payment for leave. he may be
granted the recredited leave dur
ing the 90-day period.
g. Will an employe be entitled
to a lump-sum payment for leave
If he is separated at the end of the
90-day continuous service period?
Yes, since the law provides for
leave credit for the 90-day period
retroactively.
10. Will credit be given in COM
putting creditable service for pur-
poses of determining accrual rate
in the following cases:
Cd For leave without pay dur
ing period intervening between
active military service and return
to duty in a civilian position?
(2) For periods of military serv-
ice upon which retired military
pay is based?
90 Leave without pay in excess
Of s months during q calendar
year?
a. Periods of furlough due to
reduction in force?
Creditable Under Act.
Any period Of time which may
now or which in the future may
be counted as creditable under the
Civil Service Retirement Act is
creditable in determing the leave
accrual rate. Therefore, the spe-
ciflc questions are answered as
follows:
ID Yes, provided the restora-
ton is the result of the exercise
of statutory restoration rights.
| co Yes.
| CD No. ...
"a Up to six months in any
calendar year would be creditable.
| II. Must employees who were
appointed. or reappointed after
a break in service, between October
Is, 1851. and January s. 1852. COM
plete the 90-day continuous serv-
ice period before they may be
credited with annual leave earned
on or after that date?
Yes.
Old Requirement Removed.
/ II. Does the new leave act re-
move the former requirement that
lump-sum payment be made for
annual leave to an employees S
credit when he is changed from a
temporary limited appointment to
an indefinite appointment?
| Yes.
13. In determining years of
service for part-time employees,
will the advance from one leave
earning group to another be on
the basis Of the required years
of part-time service or on the
basis Of service equivalent to the
required years Of full-time service? +?
Part-time employees will be ad-
vanced to the next leave-earning
group on completion of the re-
quired number of years of part
time service.
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CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Boil
ling Air Force Base has announced
AN exam for artist illustrators
positions at $3,175 to So, ,795 a year
The jobs will be filled at Boiling
as well as other military units
here and the National Institutes
of Health. Apply to the Civil Serv-
ice Commissions main Office or its
fourth regional office here. :. The
Civil Service Commission in a few
weeks will announce exams for
carpenters. cabinet makers, elec-
Itricians, painters, plumbers, sheet
metal workers, and steam and
pipe filters. The jobs will pay
I$2,7 to 3,435 a year. Wayne
Coy, chairman of the Federal
Security Administration, and Louis
Brownlow, consultant and former
director Of the Public Administra-
ton Clearing House, will discuss
Ethics in Government" at 1880
pm. Wednesday, at a luncheon
in the Burlington Hotel. The
meeting is sponsored by the
American Society for Public Ad-
ministration and non-members are
invited to attend. Reservations
may be made by calling M. l..
Spector at the Mutual Security
Administration (formerly ECAC.