Disabled vets get new leave under OPM regs

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Disabled veterans who become employees of the federal government will be able to take about two and a half more weeks off work to tend to their medical needs under new regulations the Office of Personnel Management is finalizing Friday.

The move is part of last year’s Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act, and will apply to veterans hired on or after Nov. 5.

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