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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To answer questions, we're not the sort of team that needs coverage like a hospital.  We're all desk workers that work on long-term projects.  He has explicitly said in writing that he's not going to make a decision on the leave request until 30 days before the leave request begins, and he has reiterated that the decision may be to deny the leave request.  He just implemented this policy 5 months ago, so I have booked 3 vacations assuming my leave requests will get denied, but none of them have happened yet so I don't have a track record of how often he's going to deny or approve.[/quote]

I'm the one who asked about how many vacations you took. I was wondering if you had taken multiple in the year and that prompted the policy, but since you haven't actually gone on any yet, that doesn't seem to be the case at all. Glad you clarified.

I would definitely go above and get the actual policy. Now granted the policy may say the supervisor has discretion to do that, but find out. I would pull together the receipts and show the difference in costs you are paying to get refundable tickets/hotel. I don't know that he realizes you're doing that that because I think most feds just proceed with their plans assuming the boss is ultimately going to approve. I know someone whose supervisor didn't approve her vacation until like the day before she left and she was nervous, but there was never a doubt she was going.

I would tell the boss, and HR if necessary, I am booking a safari on X dates at $$$ nonrefundable, please let me know by Tuesday if those dates won't work. I just can't believe that HR would let him write you up for going on a trip if you tell him a year in advance and he decides to randomly deny it a month before.[/quote]

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