Scheduling the Use of Annual Leave -- Due Date November 28, 2003

If you have a Use or Lose balance, start planning for the use of that leave for the remainder of this leave year and discuss these plans with your supervisor as soon as possible.

In some cases, despite your planning for the use of your leave, the needs of the organization may take priority over the opportunity for you to use your Use or Lose leave by the end of the year. An approved "Exigency of the Public Business" permits the supervisor to deny your leave request based on the organization's need. Such leave may be restored for future use.

Use of Use or Lose Leave must be requested by you and approved for use by your supervisor by no later than November 28, 2003. Please submit your request through the OMNI system or in writing. PLEASE NOTE: The new timecard system, Webtads, will be implemented on November 30, 2003, but will not have records of leave submitted via OMNI. Therefore, please ensure written records of use or lose leave requests are kept.

While planning for the use of your annual leave, you might want to also consider donating all or part of your 2003 Use or Lose or prior-year(s) restored annual leave to a Goddard co-worker in need. Last year, over 9,000 hours of Use of Lose leave were forfeited by GSFC employees. Many Goddard employees participating in the Leave Donor Program, due to a personal health crisis or that of a loved one, could really benefit from your assistance. A current listing of leave recipients may be found on the OHR's website; a Leave Donor Request Form may also be found on the web. Please consider this option if you have excess leave.

If you have any questions regarding leave exigencies and/or the Leave Donor Program, please contact Khrista White at 301-286-9059.

Announcement: http://ohr.gsfc.nasa.gov/Hot/UseOrLose.htm