Evening star., 1954-11-26

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under so days at the end Of the
year Can ] build up my leave
next year to 40 days?
A. No. Once you reduce your
leave to the 30-day ceiling, you
may not again increase it under
the present law.
@. In my Office we were no.
titled last summer that we would
have to begin reducing our ac-
cumulations of annual leave
over 80 days. and then later we
received a notice that we did
not have to do so. Now work
is slack in my Office and some
of us are being required to take
leave. If take leave it viii
reduce my ceiling. Can ! be
made to do this?
A. Yes. Any agency may re-
quire it's employees to take leave
at any time. The explanation
Of the two notices is that during
part of the year q law was in
effect that required employees to
begin reducing their accumula-
tions to the legal limit. but that
law was later repealed. However.
as stated before, agencies have
the right to require their em-
ployees to take leave at any
time.
@. ] have more annual leave
than I am permitted to carry
over into next year. but am
unable to take 1t because of q
heavy workload in our Office.
Does my agency have the right
to deny me leave in these cir
cumstances?
A. Yes. the granting Of leave
is up to the agency. However.
agencies make every effort to
see to it that employees are
given the opportunity to take
the leave they earn.
@. What Is the limitation on
the lump-sum payment for an
nual leave that can be paid
to an employee when he leaves
| the rolls?
A. He can be paid for no more
than 80 days of leave unless he
has a higher individual ceiling.
If he has a higher individual
ceiling, he can be paid a lump
sum for leave UP to the ceiling.
@. If an employe is terminated
in q reduction in force and he
has more leave than he can re-
ceive a lump-sum payment for.
does he lose the leave?
A. Yes. In this situation, an
employe on notice may be able
to arrange with his agency to
take all annual leave over the
amount for which he can be
paid.
@. I am planning to resign
from my Government job next
June. at which time I will have
IS days of annual leave. My in
dividual ceiling is As days. How
many days leave can I be paid
for in a lump sum when 7 re-
sign?
A. Yoa may be paid q lump
sum only for 45 days. which is
your ceiling. You will have to
take your 10 days of current
leave if you want the benefit
of it.
| @. My father died IN Octo-
ber, 1858 while q Government
employe, and my mother re-
ceived . lump-suni payment for
IS days Of his leave. He actually
had 10 days more leave than
that, which he had earned dur
ing 1858, but had not used, but
she didn't get paid for it. Hasn't
q law been passed that entities
her to payment for this extra
10 days?
A. Yes. Retroactive to Sep
tember !. 1853. the new leave
amendment allows payment to
the survivors of Federal en-
ployes for any leave the en-
ployes earned but did not use
during the year they died. This
is in addition to payment for
up to 80 days of accrued leave
or the employees ceiling. Your
fathers individual ceiling must
have been 35 days. Your mother
should get in touch with the
personnel Office Of the agency
your father worked for and ask
for help in filing claim for
payment afor the other 10 days
Of leave.
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