Child bonding can be with any new child who joins a family by birth, adoption, or foster care. For purposes of adoption or foster care, the child has to be a minor, but doesnât have to be under one year of age. The leave needs to be taken during the first year of the child coming into the family.
Though not specifically for veterans, the Schedule A authority for people with disabilities, 5 CFR 213.3102(u), is an excepted authority that agencies can use to appoint eligible veterans who have a severe physical, psychological, or intellectual disability. To be eligible, you must: Show proof of your disability.
The Federal Employees Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules Act allow federal agencies to provide two alternative work schedule options for federal employees. The Act permits (but does not require) agencies to establish âflexible work scheduleâ programs and/or âcompressed work scheduleâ programs for their employees. Under a flexible work schedule program, an agency may establish a system in which employees must work certain core hours and days.