Effective January 9, 2014, the Postal Service™ is revising Handbook EL-380, Postal Career Executive Service, to include the following clarifications regarding PCES employees and annual leave carryover.
Handbook EL-380, Postal Career Executive Service
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6 Benefits
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62 Leave
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621 Annual Leave
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621.3 Annual Leave Carryover
[Revise the text of 621.3 to read as follows:]
Accumulated annual leave (A/L) may be carried over from one leave year to the next as follows:
For executives whose A/L balance is no more than 608 hours at the beginning of a leave year, all earned unused A/L may be carried into the new leave year (a maximum of 208 hours of A/L can be earned each leave year).
For executives whose A/L balance is over 608 hours at the beginning of a leave year:
n The carryover ceiling on the amount of A/L that can be carried over from the current leave year to the new leave year is a personal ceiling that is determined by the amount of A/L used during the current leave year.
n If more A/L hours are used during the leave year than are earned by the end of the leave year, then the A/L carryover limit is reduced by the number of hours in excess of earned hours (but not below 688).
n The maximum increase to the carryover ceiling each leave year is 128 hours.
n Since executives earn 208 hours each leave year, 80 hours of A/L must be used annually or lost.
n An executive who uses less than 80 hours will nonetheless have his or her A/L balance reduced by 80 hours upon entering the new leave year.
n For purposes of the 80-hour requirement, making an A/L donation through the leave sharing program counts as using A/L.
n For purposes of the 80-hour requirement, exchanging A/L through the annual leave exchange (ALE) program does not count as using A/L.
n Exception: Executives whose A/L balance is higher than 608 hours and lower than 688 hours may not need to use the entire 80 hours to avoid losing A/L.
621.4 Annual Leave Exchange
[Add the text below as the last sentence for 621.4 to read as follows:]
***For purposes of the requirement to use 80 hours of annual leave as explained in 621.3, exchanging annual leave in the annual exchange program does not count as using annual leave.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next online edition of Handbook EL-380, Postal Career Executive Service, on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:
n Go to http://blue.usps.gov.
n Under “Essential Links” in the left-hand column, click PolicyNet.
n Click HBKs.
(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)
— Compensation,
Labor Relations, 1-9-14
