Effective January 5, 2019, the Postal Service™ will revise the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM), sections 512.222 and 512.24, to update policy related to the leave computation date.
Employees in the Postal Service Law Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service will receive credit toward their leave computation date for prior federal service with a “Not to Exceed” (NTE) date. Employees covered by this policy with prior NTE service will accrue annual leave under Table 1, section 512.311, effective January 5, 2019. These adjustments will be prospective in application from January 5, 2019. The Postal Service will not award retroactive annual leave or monetary compensation to employees with career, conditional, and excepted appointments for service before January 5, 2019.
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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512.2 Determining Annual Leave Category
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512.22 Federal Civilian Service Counted
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512.222 Service in Other Federal Government Organizations, the District of Columbia, or Gallaudet University
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[Delete the parentheses around “without a “not to exceed” (NTE) date” in item a. to read as follows:]
a. Career, career conditional, and excepted appointment service without a “not to exceed” (NTE) date.
[Add new item b. to read as follows and renumber current items b., c., d., and e. as new items c., d., e., and f.]
b. For Postal Service Law Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service employees: Career, career conditional, and excepted appointment service, including appointments with a NTE date. Prior to January 5, 2019, appointments with a NTE date were not included for purposes of leave computation. Effective January 5, 2019, the Postal Service will adjust the leave computation date of Postal Service Law Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service employees with prior federal service that includes appointments with a NTE date.
Law Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service employees with prior federal NTE service will accrue annual leave effective January 5, 2019, under Table 1 of ELM Section 512.311.
These adjustments will be prospective in application from January 5, 2019. No retroactive annual leave or monetary compensation will be awarded to employees with career, conditional, and excepted appointments for service before January 5, 2019.
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512.24 Service Not Counted
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[Revise item e. to read as follows:]
e. Time-limited or temporary service performed on or after January 1, 1977, except for NTE appointments of Postal Service Law Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service employees as described in 512.22.
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Although effective January 5, 2019, the Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the next edition of the online ELM, which is currently scheduled for March 2019. The online ELM 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 Go to the right-hand side under “Published Forms and Directives.”
n Click Manuals.
The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet website is blue.usps.gov/cpim.
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