Once more I'm paying tribute to Pie-On-Airs. Here's something else out of the trusty Branch Organization Manual.
CHAPTER 17/ PAGE 117
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Missionaries and special pioneers who take two weeks of vacation in one month are expected to report at least half the normal requirement of hours of field service. If one is eligible for additional days of vacation time, then when such days are used, whether in connection with the two weeks' vacation or otherwise, he will be allowed to deduct five hours of field service from his total field service time for the month for each vacation day used and still receive his reimbursement. Of course, missionaries and special pioneers who are eligible for four weeks of vacation* and who take all of this time in one month will want toreport some field service time so as to continue regular in field service. For a month when one takes some vacation time he should mention the dates of his vacation and the number of days used on the monthly report form under "remarks concerning report" or at the bottom of the form.*this tidy amount of vacation days comes only after some 12 years of full-time service
59.
From time to time there may besomepersonal matters that those who are special pioneers or missionaries may wish to attend to other than when they are on their vacation. In such a case they may leave their assignment for one or two days without taking vacation time. Of course, they would still need to meet the normal hour reqirement. If more than two consecutive days are involved, then vacation time would need to be used. It is not the intention to add such days to regular vacation time, but they may be taken at times other than when one is on vacation.Take note of the loaded language .... "may wish to" as opposed to "would need to"
CHAPTER 117/ PAGE 118
65. SHARING VACATION TIME:
Married persons may not have been in the service the same length of time. For example, one special pioneer or missionary may have more vacation time due than his mate. So a married person is permitted to share his vacation time with his mate if he wishes to do so. Thus, if the man has three weeks' vacation due to him and his wife only two weeks, he may give his wife half of the third week and notification of this would be made to the branch. Additional days allowed under the vacation arrangement also may be shared in this way.Whooopeeee! A whole three and a half days! How generous of the society. Couldn't they just allow the wife the extra without her husband giving up anything? Oops ...sorry, my bad ... that's an entire three and a half days worth of hours less to report.