B-229433: Aug 25, 1988

Civilian Personnel - Leaves of Absence - Annual Leave - Charging - Retroactive Adjustments - Leave-Without-Pay An employee who received advance credit of annual leave as a temporary employee used all that leave and was placed in a leave without-pay (LWOP) status to cover the remainder of his absence. When he was later appointed to a permanent position during the same leave year and received advanc...

B-229433: Aug 25, 1988

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission requested a decision regarding an employee's request to retroactively substitute annual leave for a period of leave without pay during which he held a temporary position. The employee contended that the annual leave became available to him in the same leave year in which the absence took place. GAO held that the annual leave was a result of the employee's appointm...