Employees

Effective October 27, 2005, Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) 513.72, Reemployment, is revised to clarify that sick leave cannot be recredited when an employee takes a new position that does not provide sick leave.

Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)

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5 Employee Benefits

510 Leave

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513 Sick Leave

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513.7 Transfer or Reemployment

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513.72 Reemployment

[Revise 513.72 to read as follows:]

Sick leave may be recredited upon reemployment provided there is not a break in service in excess of 3 years.

Note: For sick leave to be recredited, the employee must be reemployed in a position where sick leave may be earned and used.

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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the ELM and also into the online update, available on the Postal ServiceTM PolicyNet Web site:

• Go to http://blue.usps.gov.

• Under "Essential Links" in the left-hand column, click on References.

• Under "References" in the right-hand column, under "Policies," click on PolicyNet.

• Click on Manuals.

(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)

It is also available on the Postal Service Internet:

• Go to www.usps.com.

• Click on About USPS & News, then Forms & Publications, then Postal Periodicals and Publications, and then Manuals.

— Compensation,
Employee Resource Management, 10-27-05