Employees with Mobility Impairments

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Article 31, Section 3. G. Employees with Mobility Impairments

During emergency conditions, employees with disabilities, whether temporary or permanent impairments, may be unable to report to work.  Management may grant excused absences even when their respective office is open.

Other Weather Delays or Absences..

Article 31, Section 3.  Excused Absences

E. 5. When the opening of an office is delayed due to emergency conditions, employees (except essential services unless specifically designated in the announcement) will be excused without charge to leave or loss of pay for the number of hours the office delays opening.  Employees on approved (either previously authorized or by telephone on the same day) annual, credit hours or sick leave will not be charged leave or lose pay for that portion of the day the opening of the office is delayed.  This applies to leave requested for either the entire day or that portion of the day the office is closed.  The Agency will utilize the employee’s fixed shift as a point of reference to determine the amount of excused absence/leave to be granted.  If the Agency proposes to change any fixed shift, the Union will be given appropriate notice and the opportunity to bargain to the extent required by 5 USC Chapter 71.

6. When an announcement is made that an office will open late, employees on flextime and affected by the announcement will revert to a prescribed fixed shift for that day. Flextime will be canceled.  If the announcement is made too late to effectively cancel flextime for all employees, employees who report and begin to work will be permitted to leave when they have completed the number of hours in their scheduled workday, provided they continue to work, or the end of their established fixed shift, whichever comes first.  Those employees eligible to request to work credit hours may be able to do so.

7.  If emergency conditions exist and the post of duty is not closed managers may grant up to two (2) hours of administrative leave to those employees arriving after the beginning of core hours or scheduled start time. The granting of such leave is contingent upon the manager determining that the employee made reasonable efforts to arrive timely and was delayed by the conditions.  In extreme situations, management may grant employees up to eight hours of administrative leave.

F. If OPM establishes an emergency leave transfer program to assist employees affected by an emergency or major disaster, SSA will consider participating and establishing such a program to assist SSA employees.