Missing status of an Employee Law & Legal Definition

"Missing status means the status of an employee who is in active service and is officially carried or determined to be absent in a status of--

(A) missing;

(B) missing in action;

(C) interned in a foreign country;

(D) captured, beleaguered, or besieged by a hostile force; or

(E) detained in a foreign country against his will;

but does not include the status of an employee for a period during which he is officially determined to be absent from his post of duty without authority.” (5 USCS § 5561)