Legislators seek guaranteed time off for COVID vaccinations February 8 Washington, D.C.-area members of congress want the Office of Personnel Management to mandate administrative leave options for feds that need to get vaccinated during work hours. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP) Members of Congress from districts with high federal employee populations have called on the Office of Personnel Management to issue a mandate that government agencies approve administrative leave for employees that need to get a COVID-19 vaccination. “We must continue to do all that we can to ensure federal employee safety,” Reps. Don Beyer, D-Va., Gerry Connolly, D-Va., Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., David Trone, D-Md., Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., Anthony Brown, D-Md., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., wrote in a Feb. 5 letter to the acting director of OPM.