In the event of major disasters or emergencies declared by the
President, such as floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, bombings, etc., that
result in severe adverse effects for a substantial number of employees,
the President may direct the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to
establish an emergency leave transfer program. Under such a program, an employee in
any Executive agency may donate annual leave for transfer to employees of
his or her agency or to employees of other agencies who are adversely
affected by the disaster or emergency. This
program provides Federal employees with a special opportunity to help
their fellow workers in times of need. Information on emergencies for
which OPM has established an emergency leave transfer program may be
accessed at OPM's website at www.opm.gov/oca/compmemo/emerg/htm.
The Agency's Role
Agencies are in the best position to
determine whether donated annual leave is needed by their employees in
disaster situations and can quickly facilitate the transfer of donated
annual leave within their agencies. Therefore, each agency is responsible
for determining whether, and how much, donated annual leave is needed by
affected employees; approving leave donors and/or leave recipients within
the agency; and facilitating the distribution of donated annual leave from
approved leave donors to approved leave recipients within the agency.
OPM's Role
When a Federal agency notifies OPM that
the amount of annual leave donated by its employees is not sufficient to
meet the needs of its approved emergency leave recipients, OPM will
coordinate a Governmentwide transfer of annual leave from donating
agencies to affected agencies for crediting to their emergency leave
recipients.
Forms Forms
for donating and receiving annual leave under the emergency
leave transfer program can be accessed on OPM's
internet web site at http://www.opm.gov/forms/html/emerg.htm.
Reference:
5 USC 6391; 5 CFR part 630, subpart K
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