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Federal Employees: Human Resources Management Flexibilities in Emergency Situations
Publication Date: February 2008
Publisher(s): Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Series: RS22264
Topic: Government (Government employees)
Abstract:
Federal executive branch departments and agencies have available to them various human resources management flexibilities which can be utilized in emergency situations, such as those which resulted from Hurricane Katrina. The Office of Personnel Management has issued guidance on these flexibilities, which supplement the basic policies governing staffing, premium pay, and leave sharing in Title 5 of the United States Code.