Leave Year End Coming Up

The current federal annual leave year ends January 7 for most employees. Generally, federal employees may carry over to the next leave year no more than 240 hours of accrued annual leave; they must use their excess annual leave by the end of a leave year or forfeit it. Employees who find themselves unable to use their excess leave before the end of the leave year-in many cases, it is too late at this point to schedule additional time off–may wish to consider donating it to a leave sharing program for the benefit of fellow employees who have medical or other emergencies. Under limited circumstances, an agency may consider restoring annual leave that was forfeited.