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                        THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION.               O=  THE   UNITED STATES
                        WASHINGTON, O.C. 20548


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              Edward  Carthy  -  estoration of Leave and
              Extended Administrative Leave
  DIGEST.
           1. Annual leave forfeited as result of sickness
              but not timely scheduled in writing as
              required by 5 C.F.R. § 630.308 may not
              be restored under 5 U.S.C. § 6304(d)(1)(C).
              Leave not timely approved in writing is
              not considered to be scheduled in advance
              as required by subsection 6304(d)(1)(C) and
              therefore annual leave may not be restored
              under that subsection.

           2. Employee who is not eligible for restoration
              of leave lost due to illness because leave
              was not scheduled-in advance as required
              by 5 U.S.C. 5S 6304(d)(1)(C) may not have
              leave restored on the basis that there .was
              administrative error under subsection (A)
              whe r          -p i s Ao id y..counsel him as
              to scheauLnLreqirement.   Generally,
              failure of agency to advise employee of
              scheduling requirement of subsection (C)
              does not constitute administrative error
              under subsection (A) as employees are
              charged with constructive knowledge of
              statutory and implementing regulatory
              requirements pertaining to tnen. Also,
              supervisor not requiring leave requests
              to be in writing is not administrative
              error as for restoration of leave under
              subsection 6304(d)(1) burden is on einoioyee
              to submit written request for annual leave.

           3. E,DpIyeein~u~r~e Ai at wo -ji-s~ _nt-i-t1ed
              to administrative leave for ext  e d.  ,seces
              Ce   TETE rom  suc7 Tnquiry. In absence of
              specific statutory authority and if leave
              was not charged, employee's leave balances
              should be appropriately adjusted.

     On July 21, 1978, Ms. Sharyn Danch, Assistant Counsel
for the National Treasury Em loyees Union (NTEU), as
repr6sentative of Mr. Edward McCarthy, an employee of the
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