Executive Order 7880—Amending Section 9 of Executive Order No. 7846 of March 21, 1938, Prescribing Regulations Relating to Sick Leave of Government Employees

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 7 of the act of March 14, 1936, entitled "An act to standardize sick leave and extend it to all civilian employees" (49 Stat. 1162), it is ordered that section 9 of Executive Order No. 7846, dated March 21, 1938, prescribing regulations relating to sick leave of Government employees, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 9. An employee transferred or reappointed without break in service from one permanent, emergency, or indefinite position to another permanent, emergency, or indefinite position within the same or a different governmental agency shall be credited with accumulated sick leave and charged with sick leave previously advanced in excess of that accumulated at the time of transfer or reappointment. 'Break in service' means separation from the service for a period of one or more work days."

This order shall be effective as of January 1, 1938, and shall be published in the Federal Register.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 9, 1938.