Operating Status Archives

Telework Employees Not Scheduled to Telework and Requesting Unscheduled Telework must be prepared to telework, take unscheduled leave or other paid time off, or a combination-thereby accounting for the entire workday. In general, weather and safety leave is not available to telework employees who do not report to the office.

Remote Workers and Telework Employees Scheduled to Telework are expected to begin their workday on time unless requesting unscheduled leave. In general, weather and safety leave is not available to remote and telework employees who do not report to the office.

Non-Telework Employees, and Telework Employees Not Scheduled to Telework and Not Requesting Unscheduled Telework are expected to either report to the office and be granted weather and safety leave for up to 2 hours past their normal arrival time or request unscheduled leave for the entire workday. Weather and safety leave is not available to those employees requesting unscheduled leave.

Emergency Employees are expected to report to their worksite on time unless otherwise directed by their agencies.

Employees on Preapproved Leave (paid or unpaid) or other paid time off (e.g., compensatory time off, credit hours)-including an employee who requests unscheduled leave or other paid time off-generally should be charged leave or other paid time off and not receive weather and safety leave.