Weather and Safety Leave. 1. Administrative leave may be granted when it is determined employees cannot safely travel to or from work, or perform work at their normal worksite, a telework/remote work site, or other approved location because of severe weather or other emergency situation.
2. When Weather and Safety Leave is granted due to closure of an Official Agency Worksite, the Agency will make a reasonable effort to notify the Union and the employees on duty as soon as possible.
3. Weather and Safety Leave will not be granted, in most circumstances, to an employee who is a teleworker or remote worker and who is able to safely perform work at the employee’s approved telework/remote work location. Exceptions are:
a. the severe weather or emergency was unexpected and the employee could not prepare in advance for telework; or
b. when the employee’s telework/remote work site is impacted by severe weather or an emergency in such a way work cannot be safely performed.
4. Where local, state or federal authorities have issued a state of emergency affecting an employee’s worksite (i.e., office, AWL, RWL), use of leave and telework will be considered.
Weather and Safety Leave. Weather and Safety Leave may be granted, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6329c, 5 CFR Part 630, Subpart P, and consistent with the OPM Government-wide Dismissal and Closure Procedures. This type of leave may be appropriate when weather or other safety-related conditions prevent employees from safely traveling to, or safely performing work at an approved location due to an act of God, terrorist attack, or other applicable condition.
Weather and Safety Leave a. The Parties understand that TSA may approve Weather and Safety Leave for an employee or groups of employees. The Parties understand Weather and Safety Leave is a type of paid leave granted to employees without loss of pay or charge to an employee’s personal leave accounts when weather or other safety-related conditions prevent employees from safely traveling to or safely performing work at an approved location due to an act of nature, terrorist attack, or other applicable conditions.
b. During new bargaining unit employee orientation, bargaining unit employees shall be advised of Weather and Safety Leave and related provisions.
Weather and Safety Leave. A. The local activity notification system alerts employees for closures due to inclement weather or any other emergency condition. Employees are encouraged to maintain up-to-date contact information to ensure timely notification. Other notification methods may be developed locally to include methods such as a weather status line or public media announcement.
B. Designated DLA management officials may grant weather and safety leave to employees only if they are prevented from safely traveling to or safely performing work at a location approved by the agency.
C. Employees participating in a telework program under applicable agency policies will generally not be granted weather and safety leave.
X. Xx authorized DLA management official may grant weather and safety leave if an employee could not reasonably have anticipated the conditions, and thus was unable to prepare for telework or otherwise unable to perform productive work.
Weather and Safety Leave. Weather and Safety Leave may be granted, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6329c, 5 CFR Part 630, Subpart P, and consistent with the OPM Governmentwide Dismissal and Closure Procedures. This type of leave may be appropriate when weather or other safety-related conditions prevent employees from safely traveling to, or safely performing work at an approved location due to an act of God, terrorist attack, or other applicable condition.
(1) Ensuring employee safety is the primary consideration when determining whether to close a Forest Service office. Management retains the right to determine the operating status of its facilities. Office closure procedures will be in accordance with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “Government Wide Dismissal and Closure Procedures.”
(2) The status of Government operations outside the Washington, DC area will be communicated to employees in the affected area using methods commonly employed by the Agency for this purpose.
(3) Generally, employees who are telework program participants will not receive weather and safety leave, since they are not usually prevented from performing work at an approved location due to a weather or other safety-related emergency. When determining Weather and Safety Leave eligibility, specifically, whether a Telework Participant should have “reasonably anticipated” a severe weather event and/or emergency, management considerations may include, but are not be limited to the following:
i. Whether or not the Agency issued any advanced notice of severe weather event and/or emergency;
ii. Availability of severe weather event, emergency, and/or operating status announcements through local news broadcasts/forecast;
iii. The availability and access to agency notification systems (phone recordings, emails, and websites) which provide operating status announcements; and
iv. The availability and access to social media for advanced notice of severe weather or other emergency situation.
(4) The agency may not provide weather and safety leave to a telework participant who is not prevented from working safely at an approved telework site.
(5) Employees with situational/ad hoc telework agreements, but who might not telework on a regular basis, will be encouraged to telework periodically, as scheduled with their supervisor, to ensure that the employee is able to maintain their telework readiness if they are expected to work in the event of an office closure due to inclement weather or other safety issue.
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Weather and Safety Leave. In the event that Agency operations are disrupted due to inclement weather conditions or other unforeseen emergency situations the Agency may, at its discretion, authorize administrative leave. Emergency/mission critical/mission essential employees may be directed to report or remain at work in dismissal or closure situations. When time and conditions permit, the Agency will notify the Union of the contemplated administrative dismissal and consider any recommendations concerning the dismissal made by the Union. When the Agency Director/Site Director or their designee - A. announces site is closed for the day, employees excused from duty and not covered by the exceptions below, will be granted administrative leave for that day. Exceptions include but not limited to employees on official travel, employees on LWOP, employees on AWS which are on their regular scheduled day off, and employees on telework who are otherwise unaffected by closure or emergency situation.
Weather and Safety Leave. A telework participant must be prepared to perform work during an emergency to include a status announcement issued by the Office of Personnel Management, the head of their agency, or a recommendation communicated by the Federal Executive Board. See OPM’s Governmentwide Dismissal and Closure Procedures for guidance and procedures related to operating status announcements and telework.
Weather and Safety Leave. 1. Employees that are not on an approved telework program will be granted weather and safety leave if emergency or inclement weather conditions require the Office to close the employee’s post of duty. In accordance with government-wide regulations, the Office will give appropriate consideration to exercising its authority to grant employees weather and safety leave to leave work early in order to reduce the risk of travel if emergency conditions develop during work hours. In the event an extended closure of operations is considered, Trademark management will be reasonably available to discuss the closure with the Union President.
2. Employees that are not on an approved telework program may be granted weather and safety leave if their post of duty is open, but emergency or inclement weather conditions prevent the employee from safely traveling to or safely performing work at their place of work for a part or all of their workday. Factors the Office may consider include:
i. Distance between the employee’s residence and place of work;
ii. Mode of transportation normally used;
iii. Effort made by the employee to get to work;
iv. Success other employees in similar situations had in being able to report for work;
v. Any physical disability of the employee; and
vi. Any local travel restrictions or evacuation orders.
3. Participants in approved telework programs may be granted weather and safety leave if the participant was not able to telework at their alternate worksite because (1) the weather or safety event that caused the Office to close or authorize late arrival also impacted the employee’s ability to work at any alternate worksite, or (2) the condition at Headquarters impacts the ability to work at an alternate worksite (e.g., the Office network is inoperable, the servers are down). In these instances, all employees, including TWAH and TTABWAH Program participants, will be treated in the same manner and will receive the appropriate weather and safety leave.
4. When a foreseeable weather or safety event causes the Office to close or authorize late arrival or early departure, any participant in an approved telework program must take steps within their control to be prepared to telework, flex around the full or partial closure, and/or take leave. The Office will consider providing such employees weather and safety leave for extended weather and safety events that impact an employee’s ability to work on a case- by-case basis. Unscheduled telework due to a clos...
Weather and Safety Leave. An employee whose worksite is closed due to a weather or safety condition described in 5 U.S.C. § 6329c is entitled to weather and safety leave under § 6329c for the duration of the closure. An employee other than an essential employee whose worksite is not closed may, upon request, be granted weather and safety leave under 5 U.S.C. § 6329c to the extent the agency determines that the employee, due to a weather or safety condition described in § 6329c, is prevented from safely traveling to work or arriving to work on time, needs to leave early to avoid hazardous conditions, or could not return home if the employee reported to work. An employee who requests this leave shall state the facts on which the request is based. The agency shall either grant it or deny it. If the request is denied, the employee, if not an essential employee, has a right to use instead either accrued annual leave or leave without pay, unless the appropriate management official decides to assign work to the employee.
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