Effective April 13, 2017, the Postal Service™ is revising the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), sections 512.312, 512.322, and 513.21, to update leave policy for full-time and part-time employees.
Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)
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5 Employee Benefits
510 Leave
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512 Annual Leave
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512.311 Full-Time Employees
[Revise the Table 2 intro of 512.311 to read as follows:]
***Table 2: Table 2 is valid for non-executive, non-bargaining career employees, and non-career employees converted to those positions, with a career appointment date on or after October 6, 2012, who are without any prior federal or USPS service that was creditable at the time of that career appointment toward the leave computation date. Table 2 never applies to an employee who earned annual leave per Table 1.
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512.312 Part-Time Employees
[Revise the Table 2 intro of 512.312 to read as follows:]
***Table 2: Table 2 is valid for non-executive, non-bargaining career employees, and non-career employees converted to those positions, with a career appointment date on or after October 6, 2012, who are without any prior federal or USPS service that was creditable at the time of that career appointment toward the leave computation date. Table 2 never applies to an employee who earned annual leave per Table 1.
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513.2 Accrual and Crediting
513.21 Accrual Chart
[Revise the text of 513.21 to read as follows:]
Time accrued is as follows:
Employee Category
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Time Accrued
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Full-time employees (except as noted below).
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4 hours for each full biweekly pay period — i.e., 13 days (104 hours) per 26-period leave year.
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Non-executive, non-bargaining full-time career employees, and non-career employees converted to those positions, with a career appointment date on or after October 6, 2012, who are without any prior federal or USPS service that was creditable at the time of that career appointment toward the leave computation date. This accrual rate never applies to an employee who earned sick leave at the higher accrual rate above.
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3 hours for each full biweekly pay period — i.e., 9.75 days (78 hours) per 26-period leave year.
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Part-time employees (except as noted below).
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1 hour for each unit of 20 hours in pay status up to 104 hours (13 days) per 26-period leave year.
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Non-executive, non-bargaining part-time career employees, and non-career employees converted to those positions, with a career appointment date on or after October 6, 2012, who are without any prior federal or USPS service that was creditable at the time of that career appointment toward the leave computation date. This accrual rate never applies to an employee who earned sick leave at the higher accrual rate above.
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1 hour for each unit of 26.66 hours in pay status up to 78 hours (9.75 days) per 26-period leave year.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next online update of the ELM, which is available on the Postal Service PolicyNet website:
n Go to blue.usps.gov.
n In the left-hand column under “Essential Links,” click PolicyNet.
n Click Manuals.
The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is blue.usps.gov/cpim.
— Compensation and Benefits,
Human Resources, 4-13-17
