NEW POLICY ADOPTED REGULATING ANNUAL LEAVE By Command of Brigadier General Ralph Talbot Jr., ' (General Orders No. 132) a change in poli Les. in ee leave for employees of Utah ASF Depot is now effective. i This policy has reference to cnanges in Annual Leave by emplove es at this Depot, and will be welcomed by all civilian personnel at this instal lation, Ye publish the following paragraphs from the Memorandum: , 7" Civilian Personnel 30, July, 1943, Circular is published No. 10, Office of the for the information Secretary of War, of all concerned: dated y : MPolicy concerning oo. 1 annual leave.--1l. The D: eparpment is in receipt of a Commimication from Mr. William H, HET Oe 5 Administrative Ass sta: the President, which announces the policy of the Federal Government wit ence to the (ranting of annual leave to civilian Sm OY ees This letter i quoted as follows: : : "There has been recent seer ion of ways and means whereby Federal employ~ ees in both the departmental opportunity for short and the periods necessary personal matters field of absence services can be affordéd from work to permit them such as shopping for vedeawla tek, sufficient to attend meeting doctors! to and dentists! appointments, and performing various household chores, zie length=+ ening of the workday and the workweek, the elimination of Saturday hali-holidars, the difficuities of transportation, manpower Shortages in retail trade, ene the natural desire of employees to be free from the criticism of absenteeism have combined with other. wartime condi tions to make.this.a real problem requiring attention, , "It is the policy of the Government that all administrators and supervisors 4 a _ el ct shcouls, recognize this problem and should solvé it Dy¥ a liberal attitude toward the cranting of short periods of annual leave for the conduct of| cersonal bus~ Iness. "During ee the right of employees to be absent. for lengthy periods to the full extent of their current and accumulated annual leave has been and’ should be burealed, After permissible vacation leave (usually not more than two weeks or twelve days) is taken or reserved for vacations, emp lovees| lea ave to waiich they are entitied for atone periods of absence for rersonal bus iness. at arate, for example, ofa few hours off every two or three weeks, ~ "All granting even supervisors of employees periods of leave should short are, be directed to exercise aa liberal periods of of course, leave for the conduct to be taken at..such attitude of towards personal times as will business. not jeopardize the work on which the employees are engaged, In acddition, in order Ge aan the continuity of Government..business. on PARC AY aiternoons, departinents and agencies should, in err R ane a policy in conformity with this mem orandum, its bid Sect l on usually to days other than saturday," poliert: If | "a, For vacations—-All employees Will be encouraged.to take vacation leave, work schedules permit, this vacation period may be as long as twelve (12) working days need restrict to pede s Oey; , "®. should be in any calendar travel, or Thursday, For personal permitted to the year, including vacation period as far as possible, travel time. should Haeat and Beeause ~— end of the on urgent Tuesday, ae business—-Employees having annual oath bo .Lneir ore emi take Peal short periods of leave “to transact° Sp 3: nae . wm ; or any oe @ a ae : nd i « t , > ¢ vi oe yt ay .3 oye ’ (Continued ‘ isis 3 ~ ? P x ‘ ’ e ° r ft Re tik x on Pare 18 ust of restrict 2. Consistent with the above statement of government policy, the granting annual leave to War Department employees will be governed by the following