View all text of Subchapter IV [§ 1401 - § 1417]
§ 1417. Option to request remote work assignment or paid leave of absence during pendency of procedures
(a) Options for employees
(1) Remote work assignment
(2) Exception for work assignments required to be carried out onsite
If, in the determination of the covered employee’s employing office, a covered employee who makes a request under this subsection cannot carry out the employee’s responsibilities from a remote location or such relocation would not have the effect described in paragraph (1), the employing office may during the pendency of the procedures described in paragraph (1)—
(A) grant a paid leave of absence to the covered employee;
(B) permit a remote work assignment and grant a paid leave of absence to the covered employee; or
(C) make another workplace adjustment, or permit a remote work assignment, that would have the effect of reducing interactions between the covered employee and any person alleged to have committed the violation described in paragraph (1).
(3) Ensuring no retaliation
(4) No impact on vacation or personal leave
(b) Exception for arrangements subject to collective bargaining agreements
(Pub. L. 104–1, title IV, § 417, as added Pub. L. 115–397, title I, § 113(a), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5313.)