ELM Revision: PS Form 3973, Military Leave Control

Effective November 22, 2007, PS Form 3973, Military Leave Control, is obsolete. Therefore, Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) 517.71, PS Form 3973, which explains how to use the form, is deleted. Subsequent parts are renumbered. See related article, “PS Form 3973, Military Leave Control, Is Obsolete,” on page 9.

Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)

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5 Employee Benefits 510 Leave

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517 Paid Military Leave

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517.7 Records Control

[Delete 517.71, PS Form 3973, and renumber current 517.72 and 517.73 as new 517.71 and 517.72.]

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We will incorporate this revision into the next printed version of the ELM and into the next online update, avail­able on the Postal Service™ PolicyNet Web site:

The ELM is also available on the Postal Service Internet:

  • Go to www.usps.com.
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