BOP Program Statement 3630.02 § 4

The authority to approve administrative leave in conjunction with an employee’s relocation to

another Bureau facility has been delegated to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The employee

must prepare a request through his/her supervisor to the CEO for approval. Determination will

be made in accordance with the following criteria:

The leave is needed to complete tasks related to the relocation, such as real estate transactions,

opening or closing bank accounts, enrolling or withdrawing children from school, packing,

loading or unloading household goods, connecting utilities, registering or licensing vehicles,

obtaining a driver’s license, etc. This leave may not be used to delay the employee’s travel en

route to the new location.

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Employees may be granted up to 40 hours of administrative leave, regardless of whether a move

has been paid by the agency for the new position. The employee is not required to take a househunting trip to receive the administrative leave. The leave may be used prior to the move,

following the move, or in any combination. In no case may the administrative leave exceed 40

hours.

The administrative leave may be taken no sooner than official notification of the relocation, and

no later than 90 days after the employee reports for duty or the employee’s family vacates the

permanent residence at the old duty station.

Administrative leave for relocation purposes may be granted to both an employee and spouse

only if the spouse is a Bureau employee and has been accepted for employment at the new

location.