The Right of Veterans Administration Employees Receiving Premium Pay to Absences on Holidays without Charge to Leave

Questions were raised concerning the right of employees receiving premium pay to have leave restored for absences on holidays. A former Comptroller General decision allowing restoration of leave was overruled, and another modified decision was applied to absences excused by administrative determination. When an employee's services are administratively required on a holiday, and he absents himself, he is to be charged annual or sick leave, as appropriate. This decision represents a changed construction of law, and it is limited to prospective application.