The Army has issued guidance to supervisors on the use of
excused absence, saying that while supervisors may grant
such leave at their discretion, the authority “should be
used sparingly.”
“There are no specific statutory provisions or Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) regulations covering excused
absence. The Department of Defense (DoD) provides agency
guidance on excused absence in the Civilian Personnel
Manual, DoD 1400.25-M. The U.S. General Accounting Office’s
(GAO) Civilian Personnel Law Manual, Title II-Leave, Chapter
5, may also be used as a general reference for excused
absence,” the guidance says, noting that Comptroller
General decisions on use of the authority limit the
discretion to “situations involving brief absences.”
It said common situations for granting excused absence
include: employees returning from active military duty;
voting; and when the employee is unavoidable absent or tardy;
such as, tardy resulted from a traffic delay due to road
closure.
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