Comments on Transfer of Annual Leave

GAO commented on several questions involving the disposition of annual leave which cannot be transferred to an employee's credit upon his transfer to a different leave system. GAO held that: (1) the regulation, which would permit recredit of untransferred leave if employees should return to the Title 38 leave system, probably would be of no help to these employees because many of them are near retirement age or have physical handicaps which would prevent them from working; (2) therefore, it would seem that they should be entitled to a lump-sum payment for the untransferred leave, either at the time of transfer or upon later separation from service; and (3) if the Civil Service Commission determined that a lump-sum payment for the untransferred leave would be appropriate at the time of a later separation, some additional instructions on maintenance of records on the untransferred leave would appear to be appropriate.