Leave for Mobilized Employees Improved

A provision of the Defense Department budget measure entitles federal employees to receive 22 workdays of military leave when performing full-time military service as a result of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, effectively making their leave entitlement the same whether they are sent overseas or not. Meanwhile, President Bush has issued a memo to agencies ordering agencies to give employees returning from active duty five days of uncharged leave. For a look at that memo, along with guidance the Office of Personnel Management issued on implementing it and other reemployment rights of employees activated for military duty, go to https://www.fedweek.com/HotFreeNews/default.asp in the hot free info section of our website.