Q. I’m being placed on administrative leave by a federal agency (USDA, FSIS) pending an Equal Employment Opportunity complaint proposal for removal. I have use-or-lose leave. Do I have to use it since I am on involuntary leave? I’m not able to find any guidelines on such a matter. Can you please provide me with a federal regulation?
A. You’ll find the guidance on annual leave at www.opm.gov/flsa/oca/leave/html/ANNUAL.asp. Just scroll to the section titled “Use or Lose Annual Leave.” Then click on the highlighted words “restoration of annual leave” to find the circumstances under which forfeited annual leave can be restored.
