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Mayorkas grants DHS staff 24 hours administrative leave; official says survivors can switch benefits in 2030
Summary
At a farewell ceremony at DHS headquarters, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced 24 hours of administrative leave for department personnel. Benjamin Kari Huffman said survivors of employees who died of COVID between Jan. 2020 and Jan. 2023 will be allowed to switch from ARPA benefits to OPM benefits in 2030 if a legislative fix is not enacted.
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced at a farewell ceremony in Hitchcock Hall at Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C., that he will grant all Department of Homeland Security personnel 24 hours of administrative leave and will follow up with a memo.
The announcement came alongside an onstage report from Benjamin Kari Huffman, director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers and former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who described a change affecting survivors of employees who died of COVID-related illness between Jan. 2020 and Jan. 2023: he said they will have the ability to switch from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) benefits to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) benefits in 2030 if a legislative fix has not been finalized.
"I am proud this one last time, to grant you, all personnel, 24 hours of administrative leave," Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at…
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