§301-30.1. Definition of employee emergency travel.
41 C.F.R. § 301-30.1
Employee emergency travel is travel resulting from:
Becoming incapacitated by illness or injury not due to the employee's own misconduct;
The death or serious illness of a member of the employee's “immediate family” as defined in § 300-1.1 of this subtitle. The agency may, on a case-by-case basis, expand the definition of “immediate family” to include additional members of the employee's or spouse's/domestic partner's extended family; or
A catastrophic occurrence or impending disaster, such as fire, flood, or act of God, directly affecting the employee's home.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5702; 5 U.S.C. 5707.
Source
Source: FTR Case 2025-05, 90 FR 56893, Dec. 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.