Employee requests for leave are made on OPM Form 71, Request for Leave or Approved Absence. An employee may request and, subject to supervisory approval, use annual leave for such things as ...

After 15 days, the employee fails to return the completed form and ignores the employer’s follow-up about the leave request. The employer denies the leave request, and two weeks later ...

In addition to a 1-800 number, employees now have access to an Online Service Request Form on the EAP website to request services. Once an employee submits a request for services, an EAP ...

But can you legally refuse an employee’s vacation request – and if so, when? We spoke to Stephen Shore, partner at Ogletree Deakins International LLP, who walked us through the issue. “Technically yes ...