H.R. 2487, FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LEAVE ACT OF 1987

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: August 20, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR:
VIA:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
2 0 AUG 1987
Legislation Division
Office of Congressional Affairs
Deputy Director of Personnel
Deputy Director of Personnel for
Compensation, Automation, and Planning
Compensation, Automation, and Planning, OP
H.R. 2487, Federal Employees Leave Act of 1987
1. We have reviewed referenced bill and the Office of General Counsel's
(OC) comments on the same subject. The bill would establish a voluntary
annual leave transfer program for federal employees. Employees could transfer
annual leave to other employees who need leave because of a medical or family
emergency or other hardship situation requiring their absence from duty and
resulting in a loss of income because of the unavailability of paid leave.
2. We fully support the purpose of this bill. Agency employees
repeatedly have suggested, and we have reviewed in-depth, the possibility of
donating leave for compassionate purposes. However, we offer the following
comments that address several concerns:
a. We agree with OGC's comments that, due to the
possible release of personnel information, the Director of Central
Intelligence rather than the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
should administer the leave transfer program within the Agency. We
also agree with the position of the Deputy Director of OPM that
interagency leave transfer should not be required. This would allow
leave to be transferred solely between employees within the same
agency.
b. We further agree with OGC's request that language be added to the bill
to protect Agency personnel information from disclosure to OPM,
required in the bill in order for OPM to prepare its report to
Congress.
C. We believe that the establishment of a central leave bank would be
more administratively feasible than a "donor employee to recipient
employee" transfer system. First, this would eliminate the problem of
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restoring on a pro rata basis any remaining leave to the donors. Any
leave remaining when the personal emergency terminates can be refunded
to the leave bank for use for another employee experiencing serious
hardships. Further, leave could be donated not only at the time of a
specific need but also at the time of the Combined Federal Campaign,
when employees are in a better position to determine if they will be
forfeiting leave and thus have additional leave they can donate. This
leads, however, to our next comment.
d. We believe that there is ambiguity as to whether the bill would allow
the donation of leave that would be subject to forfeiture if not used
by the end of the leave year. The bill would be clearer if this issue
were expressly addressed.
3. If we may be of further assistance, please contact me on secure
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