[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR345.56]

[Page 461]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
   CHAPTER III--FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 345--FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES (FPI) INMATE WORK PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart F--Inmate Pay and Benefits
 
Sec. 345.56  Vacation pay.

    Inmate workers are granted FPI vacation pay by the SOI when their 
continued good work performance justifies such pay, based on such 
criteria as quality of work, attendance and punctuality, attentiveness, 
and adherence to industry operating regulations. The inmate must submit 
a written request for vacation time, ordinarily two weeks in advance of 
the requested vacation time. The work supervisor must recommend to the 
SOI the vacation time to be taken or paid. Eligibility for vacation pay 
must be verified by the Business Office prior to approval by the SOI. 
The SOI may declare an inmate ineligible for vacation credit because of 
an inmate's unsatisfactory work performance during the month in which 
such credit was to occur.
    (a) An inmate may take accrued vacation time for visits, 
participation in institution programs or for other good reasons at the 
discretion of the SOI. Industrial managers should make every reasonable 
attempt to schedule an inmate worker's vacations so as not to conflict 
with the workforce requirements of FPI factory production schedules and 
Inmate Systems Management requirements.
    (b) An inmate temporarily assigned to the Industrial detail, e.g., 
on construction details, also earns vacation credit which he or she must 
take or be paid for at the end of the temporary assignment.
    (c) An inmate must take and/or be paid for vacation credit within 
sixty days after each annual eligibility date of the inmate's most 
recent date of assignment to FPI. An inmate who elects not to take 
vacation time must indicate this in writing. That inmate shall receive 
pay for the annual vacation credit in a lump sum on the regular monthly 
payroll. This amount is ordinarily paid within sixty days after the 
annual eligibility date of the inmate's most recent date of assignment 
to FPI. An inmate whose employment is terminated by release, 
reassignment, transfer, or other reasons, and who has unused vacation 
credit shall be paid for this credit on the monthly payroll.