VETERANS PARTICIPATING IN MILITARY FUNERAL CEREMONIES. A. Employees who are veterans may be granted administrative leave not to exceed four contiguous hours in any workday to enable them to participate as active pallbearers or as members of firing squads or guards of honor in funeral ceremonies for members of the Armed Forces of the United States whose remains are returned from abroad for final interment in the United States, subject to applicable law and regulation. B. Supervisors may also excuse absences up to four hours for veterans, for the purpose of participating as active pallbearers or as members of firing squads or guards of honor, in funerals of active duty military not covered above or for such participation in funerals of veterans. C. Upon request and workload permitting, annual leave/leave without pay may be approved in conjunction with the administrative leave for the remainder of the workday.
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Samples: Master Labor Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Master Labor Agreement
