I received a broadcast e-mail this morning saying that Social Security offices will be closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving. I assume that Social Security employees have not been given the day off however. That happened in the past when Michael Astrue was Commissioner.
Correct, if employees want off that day they must use leave.
ReplyDeleteDoes the closure of SSA to the public for the day count as a legal holiday for purposes of filing appeals.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is not.
A problem for folks trying to file appeal in person on day 65/15 if that day happens to be Friday.
They had plenty of time to file and not wait till the last minute, but since there is a holiday in there they would have until Monday anyway unless they factored it into the the decision to put off filing.
ReplyDeleteWerent they just complaining that they didnt get to work from home during the holidays? Funny, I have to work that day and Christmas Eve and the 26th.
ReplyDelete4:18, how did you make the leap from the offices being “closed to the public” to employees being allowed to work from home?
ReplyDeleteJohn, it probably doesn't count as a legal holiday, but I would assume competent personnel might view it as satisfying the good cause standard, particularly:
ReplyDelete"Unusual or unavoidable circumstances exist... which prevented you from filing timely."
@4:18 PM
ReplyDeleteNot sure what you're getting at. The blogger isn't an SSA employee, and I don't see any comments on this thread from SSA employees complaining about having having to work on the day after Thanksgiving. Nor do I see anything suggesting employees are being granted special permission to work from home that day.
8:38 we have had tons and tons of recent posts about SSA home work. In those posts, it was noted that morale was low because SSA employees would not be teleworking during the holidays. There is the connection 4:18 was making. It is a poke at the spin here.
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