Leave of absence— Kinds of leave.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Leave of absence— Kinds of leave.—All officers and employees of the service who are citizens of the Philippines shall be entitled to thirty days vacation leave and thirty days sick leave with full pay for each year of service. Alien clerks and employees shall be entitled to such vacation and sick leave as they might be entitled to were they employed by their own government in the place where the post is situated, but in no case should such leave exceed thirty days vacation and thirty days sick leave for each year of service. Accumulation of leave.—Under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe with the approval of the President, all officers and employees of the service shall be entitled to accumulation of any vacation or sick leave not taken in any year to a maximum period of one hundred twenty days vacation leave and two hundred forty days sick leave, which accumulated leave may be granted in whole or in part at any time by the Secretary, subject to the exigencies of the service, upon proper request therefor. Home leave.—The Secretary may order to the Philippines on leave any officer or employee who is a citizen of the Philippines, together with his family, upon completion of three years' continuous and satisfactory service abroad or as soon as possible thereafter. The time actually and necessarily spent in going to and from the Philippines shall not be counted as leave. While on leave the Philippines, such officer or employee may be required serve in a position of comparable importance in the Department, but the period of such assignment shall not be counted as leave.