Clarification of leave policy for September 11, 2001.

• Position: Memo of the Month - State Department - Brief Article

Cleared by: HR/EX All All employees State Executive Office U.S. Department of State TO: PS, Room 1758 N.S. Department Notice Office Symbol:: Drafting Officer Telephone Fact. HR/ER/EP Anita A. Brown X48171 Clarification of Leave Policy for September 11, 2001

HR/ER has received numerous calls regarding the leave policy for September 11, 2001 issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). HR/ER would like to clarify, the following:

If a non-emergency employee--

- had scheduled annual leave for September 11, 2001 for the entire workday, leave should continue to be charged for the entire workday;

called in sick at the beginning of the workday, he/she would continue to be charged sick leave for the entire workday;

- had scheduled leave for the morning of the September 11, 2001 but had intended to return to work in the afternoon, leave should be charged only up to the point of the Department's official dismissal and evacuation (10:1.5 a.m.). The rest of the workday is charged to excused absence.

departed the office before official dismissal shall be charged leave from the point of departure until the tune of dismissal. *

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