Q. I have accepted a new position at another federal agency in another state. This position is a promotion. I currently have 66 hours of use-or-lose leave that was scheduled to the end of the year with my current agency. Can my current agency pay me for this use-or-lose leave since I will not be able to take it before departing? A. No. Your entire leave balance will transfer with you to your new agency.
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Q. Can postal employees donate leave to another federal agency? Is there a minimun number of required hours? Can the military donate leave to the leave donor program? A. Yes, a federal employee in one agency may donate annual leave to an employee of another federal agency, if the employing agency has approved him or her as a leave recipient. I’m not aware of any provision of law that would allow someone in the military to do that.
Q: My supervisor pulled me from the leave donor program. I still have hours in there. I have brain cancer and still have appointments, treatments and surgery. He wants a note from my doctor saying he can ask questions about my cancer. Can he do that? A: Cutting you off from the leave donor program doesn’t sound appropriate. You’ll need to talk to your HR contact about this. I checked with OPM and to their knowledge, a supervisor cannot inquire into an employee’s medical information without your explicit permission.
Q: My job is under BRAC and is scheduled to move by September 2011. Once the move has taken place I would expect the position would not be considered under BRAC. Since I have more than 100 hours of BRAC leave on the books, what will happen with that leave? Will I keep the leave on the books while I’m still in my same unit? Will they pay out the BRAC leave in one lump sum because the unit is no longer considered under BRAC? A: A lump sum payment of restored annual leave is paid out when a BRAC-affected…
Q: I was employed for almost 10 years in the VAMC. I was hired in 1981. I am in the CSRS retirement program. I sustained a job-related injury and was on leave without pay status for one year and subsequently terminated. My injury left me out of work for four years for which I was being compensated. I returned to a civilian job part time and eventually surpassed my salary that I was making in the federal position. My cash benefits were terminated, but I have continued to receive medical compensation coverage for my job-related injury. Since my job-related injury…
Q: You answered the question below in a previous post. Can you give me the legal statute/instruction that states this so I can let my human resources department know? They are trying to tell me that my military service won’t count toward leave accrual time and I am in almost this exact situation as below. I am starting a general service job soon, but am getting some conflicting messages about how much leave I will accrue. I am a member of the U.S. Army Retired Reserve with about 14 years of active duty time. I will not receive military retired…
Q: I will retire FERS on July 31, 2011, and will need to use leave without pay to reach that day because of medical issues. Will that affect the way my high-3 will be calculated for the FERS annuity? A: No, it won’t. Your high-3 is based on your highest three consecutive years of average salary, whenever they occur in your career.
Q: We have a situation where management wants to force an employee on leave without pay because he cannot perform any duties as a result of a stroke. The employee has exhausted all accrued leave, but refuses to request leave without pay because he is two months short of completing 18 months of service so that he can apply for disability retirement. Do you know of any situation when management can force leave without pay upon an employee? We don’t think so, but we want to show the customer in writing. We have recommended that they place the employee on…
Q: I am starting a general service job soon, but am getting some conflicting messages about how much leave I will accrue. I am a member of the U.S. Army Retired Reserve – with about 14 years of active duty time. I will not receive military retired pay for another 12 years. Will my active duty time be creditable for leave in the civilian system? A: Yes, your active duty time will be considered to be creditable service for determining your annual leave accrual rate. It won’t be used in determining your years of service for retirement purposes or in…
Q: I am considering a civil service position and need help sorting out how my prior active-duty service may affect pay and retirement. I have 17 years of active-duty time; I took a lump-sum payout when I left. Is my time creditable toward seniority, pay and retirement if I take a civil service position? A: If you are hired into a civilian job in the federal government, you would need to make a deposit for your period of active-duty service to get credit for that time. While it would count in establishing your years of service, your annual leave accrual…