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By: FEDweek StaffThe GSA has extended through the end of the calendar year an authority for agencies to waive certain requirements of employee relocation policies because of potential delays in completing relocations due to the pandemic.
The authority, first granted last March, had been set to expire March 13. The GSA said an extension was warranted “given that the COVID-19 outbreak has continued to produce uncertainty and create difficulties for relocating individuals.”
The waivers allowed in GSA Bulletin FTR-21-04 apply to rules that otherwise: require relocating employees to complete all aspects of their relocation within one year or meet an authorized exception; limit temporary storage of employees’ household goods is limited to 150 days maximum for continental United States to CONUS shipments, and 180 days maximum for shipments with an origin/destination outside CONUS; and limit employees to 10 calendar days to complete a house hunting trip.
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