[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR630.206]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
 
PART 630_ABSENCE AND LEAVE--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_Definitions and General Provisions for Annual and Sick Leave
 
Sec. 630.206  Minimum charge.

    (a) Unless an agency establishes a minimum charge of less than one 
hour, or establishes a different minimum charge through negotiations, 
the minimum charge for leave is one hour, and additional charges are in 
multiples thereof. If an employee is unavoidably or necessarily absent 
for less than one

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hour, or tardy, the agency, for adequate reason, may excuse him without 
charge to leave.
    (b) When an employee is charged with leave for an unauthorized 
absence or tardiness, the agency may not require him to perform work for 
any part of the leave period charged against his account.

[33 FR 12475, Sept. 4, 1968, as amended at 38 FR 18446, July 11, 1973; 
38 FR 26601, Sept. 24, 1973]