Can agencies or facilities/units within agencies designate or influence which choice employees must make?
In agencies with critical operations that require staff coverage, it may be likely that such staff will not be able to use 10 days of bonus leave before it lapses on June 30, 2003. In these cases, management has the discretion to require employees to select the bonus payment. Even if such employees are not required to select the bonus payment, agencies must advise employees, before the employees election of the bonus payment or bonus leave, if there is a likelihood that they may not be able to use bonus leave.
