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duty which falls between 6 o’clock
P.M. and 6 o’clock A.M.
OVERTIM E W ORK must be order-
id or approved in writing by an officer
or employee delegated to authorize
such work. All work officially ordered
or approved in excess of 40 hours in
any administrative work week is paid
overtime compensation.
Employees whose annual basic rate of
compensation is less than $2,980 are
paid, for overtime work, one and one-
half times their hourly basic rate of
compensation. Employees with annual
basic rates in excess of $2,980 are paid
for overtime work at rates slightly less
than one and one-half times their
hourly basic rate.
Compensatory time o ff in lieu of
overtime pay may be requested by
permanent employees for irregular or
occasional duty in excess of 48 hours
In any regularly scheduled work week.
It is the duty and responsibility of the
administrative officer to excuse the em
ployee from duty within 90 days from
the time the excess overtime was work
ed, for a period corresponding to the
excess overtime worked, unless the ad
ministrative officer elects to compen
sate the employee for such overtime.
H OLIDAYS are New Year’s Day,
Lincoln’s B i r t h d a y , Washington’s
Birthday, Memorial Day, Fourth of
July, Labor Day, Armistice Day, Col-
u m b u s D a y , Thanksgiving D a y ,
Christmas Day and any other day de
clared a holiday by Federal Statute or
Executive order. When certain national
holidays fall on Sunday, the following
Monday is a holiday for Government
employees.
Employees who are assigned to duty
on a holiday are compensated for such
duty, in lieu of the regular pay for that
day, at the rate of one and one-half
times the regular basic rate of compen
sation.
A N N U A L OR V A C A T I O N
LEAVE of 26 days with pay each cal
endar year, exclusive of Sundays and
holidays, is granted to Federal em
ployees.
Unused leave in any year may be
carried forward for use in succeeding
years until the accumulated annual or
vacation leave reaches a total of sixty
days.
Annual leave is granted at such
times as the various department heads
may prescribe.
Whenever an employee is separated
from the service, he receives a lump
sum payment for all accrued annual
leave to which he is entitled, which
payment equals the compensation that
the employee would have received had
he remained in the service until the
expiration of his accrued annual or va
cation leave.
SICK LEAVE with pay at the rate
of 1%. days per month is granted to
employees with the exception of tem
porary employees engaged on Federal
construction work at hourly rates. It
may be accumulated to a maximum of
90 days.
In cases of serious disability or ail
ments, Administrative officers may ad
vance employees 30 days’ sick leave
with pay beyond accrued sick leave.
Employees absent on account of
sickness must notify superiors as early
as practicable on the first day of such
absence or as soon thereafter as possi
ble. Written application for grant of
sick leave must be filed within two
days after the employee returns to duty.
For periods of absence in excess of
three work days, the application must
be supported by a medical certificate
or other evidence administratively ac
ceptable.
For the sake of health, medicines
are taken by weight and measure, so
ought food to be, or by some similar
rule.
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— Skelton