Thousands of current or former federal employees in the National Guard are eligible for annual leave adjustments or other compensation. The American Federation of Government Employees won a major Court of Appeals case last year that forces a reversal of a policy implemented by the Office of Personnel Management. Under federal law, federal employees who are also reservists are allowed 15 days of military leave each year. However, because of a misinterpretation of the law by the OPM, those employees were also charged those days on weekends and for other scheduled days off. The AFGE is working to assist the OPM in reimbursing employees who were incorrectly charge. Joe Goldberg is the AFGE Assistant General Counsel:

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