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OPM: Govt employees should go on leave after candidacy’s certification
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Posted on Aug 07 2014
Personnel director Isidro K. Seman reminded government employees who are seeking political office to take a leave “immediately” after the Commonwealth Election Commission’s board certifies their candidacy.
The certification of candidacies for the Nov. 4 general elections is set for Wednesday, Aug. 13.
“Employees will not be allowed to work on weekends nor use sick leave or any other paid leave during this time. Candidates will be allowed to return to work following the announcement of the election results,” Seman said in a July 31 memorandum to all department and activity heads.
Many of the nearly 100 individuals who filed their candidacies with the Election Commission as of yesterday’s deadline are government employees.
“Please be informed that in accordance with NMIAC 10-20.2-472, once the Election Commission certifies a government employee’s candidacy for a political office, that employee must take leave immediately by either utilizing annual leave or leave without pay,” Seman said in his one-page memo, a copy of which was obtained yesterday.
The personnel director said enforcement is “immediate and consistent.”
