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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON

X-3533

To Officers and Employees of the Federal Reserve Board:Annual Leave of Absence.
Employees of the Federal Reserve Board will be granted annual
leave, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, under the following conditions:
Permanent employees in the service of the Board at the beginning of the year who have served two years or more may be granted
leave during any calendar year not to exceed thirty days, such leave
to be allowed at the discretion of the head of the division or office
when the work of the division or office will permit.
Permanent employees in the service of the Board at the beginning
of the year who have served six months or more and less than two years
may be granted leave of absence not to exceed fifteen days before
July 1, such leave to be allowed at the discretion of the head of the
division or office; and the full period of thirty days or any unused
portion thereof may be granted at any time after June 30th. Application for leave in excess of fifteen days before July 1st will be considered by the Board when recommended by the proper administrative officer thereof.
Temporary employees will not be allowed leave with pay during the
first month of service. Beginning with the second l'!lOnth, leave with
pay will accrue at the rate of two and one-half days for each successive month of service.
Such leave will not be granted, however, until
it has been earned.
Employees leaving the service may be allowed accrued leave.
Annual leave is not cumulative.
calendar year lapses.

All leave not taken within the ...

Absence under all classes of leave must be reported daily to the
Secretary's office by the chiefs of divisions.




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Extension of Leave of Absence on Account of Sickness.
Slight illness or indisposition will not be accepted &$ sufficient
cause for allowing sick leave. Mere dental work wnere there are no
complications does not constitute sick leave. Such ~sence should be
cnarged as annual leave.
Sick leave will not be granted in advance, neither will it be
granted for a period of less th~i one day. Cases of personal illness
or exposure to conta.;:?,ious dise::ases nust be reported promptly to the
division or office to which the employee is attached. and the head of
such division or office must in turn immediately report all cases of
contagious diseases to the office of the Secretary of the Board.
Absence on accou."lt of sickness on Saturday during the sumner months
in which Saturday is a four-hour da;y by Executive order will be charged
as one day •
.Applicatious for sick leave must be submitted for the consideration
of t~le apj?rovint:; officer on t.ae form prescribed t-1erefor within three
days after t":e applicant's return to duty. If t.1.e application is for
two days or less, it need :1ot be accomp:mied by a certificate of an
attending physicia..i, but specific reasons for not having ~1ad a. pbysician
in attendance must be stated. If t-1e applic::~.tion is for a period of
absence in excess of two days, a physician's certificate will be required.
Enforced absence of ru1. employee on account of exposure to contagious
disease will be approved as sick leave when a proper certificate is furnisbed by the public nealth officer.
Leave Without Pn.y.
Applications for leave s~ould be submitted on the form provided
therefor. If leave without pay on ~ccount of sickness is applied for, a
certificate of an attending physici~ should be attac~ed. If leave
without pay is applied for, for ~y other reason, ap~licant must state
reason for requesting such leave.




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Absence Without Leave.
An employee detained by causes beyond control, and
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unable to report for duty at the opening hour, must notify the
division or office in which he is employed not later than 10:30
.A. M. on the first day of absence. .Absence from duty for any
cause, without prior permission, must be satisfactorily explained.
Synda..ys, Legal HoJ,idaYS, Etc.

Sundays and legal holidays, and holidays by Executive Order,
whether tor the whole or part of a day, will not be counted as
annual leave ..
EDMUND PLAT'l'

Vice Governor.

VlM. W. HOXTON
secretary

October

5. 1922.




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