2003 leave and holidays

The year 2003 is just two months away. It's time to get ready.

If you used our 2002 Federal Leave Chart to plan and track your use of leave this year, then you're no doubt eager to download our 2003 leave chart to start planning for next year. The 2003 Federal Leave Chart is permanently located in the Pay and Benefits section of GovExec.com. To view it, click here: http://www.govexec.com/pay/leave2003.htm. Or follow the link from the right-hand column of this page.

You can print out the Federal Leave Chart and keep track of your vacation days on paper, or you can save one of the Excel or Word versions of the chart onto your computer. Then you can track your leave electronically.

You can also download the Leave Calculator, an Excel spreadsheet that will automatically calculate your leave balance for the year. The Leave Calculator assumes that you earn eight hours of annual leave and four hours of sick leave per pay period. If you accrue less than that, simply change the assumption in the first pay period to the amount you accrue and hit enter. The assumptions in the remaining pay periods will automatically change too.

For most employees, the leave year begins on Jan. 12, 2003 and ends on Jan. 10, 2004. There are 10 holidays in the leave year: