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The Time-Off Award is an alternative to the Cash-in-Your-Account and Special Act Awards. This award is an excused absence granted without charge to leave or loss of pay.
Eligibility
All NOAA employees are eligible for this award except:
- Officers appointed by the President by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, or by the President alone,
to positions for which rates of basic compensation may exceed the maximum rate provided in the General Schedule
- Employees who do not have a regular, established tour
of duty prescribed in advance (i.e., employees who are intermittent)
- Employees paid on a fee basis
- NOAA Corps Officers
- Senior Executives
Policy
- A full-time employee may receive as few as 4 hours (half day) and as many as 40 hours of excused leave per award. A full-time employee may not receive in excess of 80 hours in Time-Off Awards per leave year.
- A part-time or an employee with an uncommon tour of duty may not exceed the average number of hours of work in the employee's biweekly scheduled tour of duty.
- The
minimum time-off award is a half day (half of the scheduled
work hours for the employee on the day of the excused
absence). If the employee's work day is not an even number
of hours, the half day must be rounded up so
that the amount of leave granted is in multiples of one-hour units. - Time off granted as an award must be scheduled and taken within 1 year after the effective date of the award. Scheduling time off is subject to supervisory approval.
Authority
- The
authority to approve time-off awards is delegated to heads
of LOs/SOs. This authority may be redelegated in writing
to any leave approving official.
**EXCEPTION: Per DAO 202-451, award periods in excess of one full duty day must be reviewed and approved by an official higher in the organization than the award initiator.
To submit a Time-Off Award, use Form CD-326lf
- The amount of time should be indicated under Item 8, "Narrative," must include a brief but specific description of the reason for the award. The CD-326 is signed by the recommending and approving official and forwarded to the Servicing Human Resources Office (SHRO). The SHRO will process the award and document it with an SF-50.
Page last edited: January 17, 2008