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Leave System and Holidays

Annual Leave: Annual leave provides DSCA civilian employees with paid time off. Annual leave is earned every two weeks determined by the length of government service (including applicable military service) as shown below:

0-3 years service

4 hours per pay period or 13 days per year

3-15 years service

6 hours per pay period or 20 days per year

Over 15 years service

8 hours per pay period or 26 days per year

All employees may accrue a maximum of 240 hours (30 work days) of annual leave which may be carried over from leave year to leave year. Annual leave in excess of 240 hours must be used during the current leave year.

Sick Leave: Sick leave may be used when an employee is unable to work due to personal illness or injury; pregnancy and childbirth or for personal medical, dental or optical examination and treatment.

Family Friendly: Family Friendly leave allows employees to take up to 13 days of sick leave per year to provide care to a family member suffering from an injury or illness; pregnancy or childbirth, for a family member requiring medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment; or to attend the funeral of a family member.

Family Medical: Under the Family Medical and Leave Act, an employee is entitled to use a total of 12 administrative work weeks of sick leave or a combination of annual leave, sick leave and leave without pay for the purpose of caring for a family member suffering from a serious health condition.

Voluntary Leave Transfer Program: The Voluntary Leave Transfer program allows federal employees to donate annual leave to assist other federal employees who have a personal or family medical emergency and who have exhausted their own available paid leave.

Bone Marrow/Organ Donation Leave: Employees are entitled to 7 days of paid leave in a calendar year to serve as a bone marrow donor and up to 30 days of paid leave as an organ donor.

Military Leave: Military leave is granted to civilian employees who are absent from duty without loss of pay or charge to annual leave to perform active or inactive duty for training as a member of one of the following services:

  • Army Reserve
  • Coast Guard Reserve
  • Air Force Reserve
  • Navy Reserve
  • Marine Corps Reserve
  • Army National Guard
  • Air National Guard
  • National Guard of the District of Columbia

Court Leave: Court leave is leave of absence from duty without loss of pay or charge to annual leave to perform one of the following:

  • Jury duty in a Federal, State or municipal court
  • Witness on behalf of a state or local government in an unofficial capacity
  • Witness on behalf of a private party in an unofficial capacity as long as the United States, District of Columbia, state, or local government is a party to the proceedings.

Government Holidays: The following holidays are observed by the Federal Government:

  • New Year's Day
  • Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday
  • Presidents Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Veteran's Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day
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