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A recent article in both gov exec magazine and the narfe magazine indicated that federal employees that served in the reserves and/or guard may now be eligible for back pay. this compensation is for being wrongly charged for military leave on the employees days off and holidays. The one clinker in this is that the articles also indicate that national guard technicians and postal employees are not covered by this rule because they are not covered by the merit systems protection board. the MSPB handed down the above ruling. Can anyone shed any lite on this case. I am retired at this time so grievance is out of the question. retired ppo buffalo

Hello:

I am a 60% disabled vet. I am trying to accumulate enough coke points to get a new computer. I cannot afford one and this dinosaur is ancient and has crashed 3X. If anyone drinks coke products, and would like to help a fellow vet. Please send your caps, and/or codes from the 12 packs to:
 Jim Bumgarner
2970 Eagle Point Rd.
Middleburg, FL 32068

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Hi guys I am not a veteran but I just want to thank all of you for giving your service to the country. I get very upset when I read posts on other forums that complain about about the benefits the veterans get. I think you are entitled to all you can get!

kiphy /m6 The fact that you're a veteran and the other ptf is not, is the reason you're ahead of them in seniority. The other ptf can fight it all they want, but they won't win. The tie breaker goes to veterans first, then if there are no veterans, score is the tie breaker.

X......Find the phone number for the Human Resourse of the Post Office area that you want to work at, and they should tell you what to do. I'm 10 percent disabled. I didn't find out until after I got hired (ptf carrier) that I could have picked up the phone at anytime, any postal district in the U.S. and called H.R. (Where ever I wanted to live at). Then tell them I'm 10 percent disabled and they would have to give me the battery exam, whether they're hiring or not. Good luck.

I am a disabled vet rated at 50%, I've heard that I can requst an exam for custodial laborer, anyone know how to got about that.

Edited by author 02-18-2006 11:08 AM
rick - you're very welcome.

joey - there still might be a chance at partial credit, but that is depending on you having been awarded a campaign badge, and then only for the time that you were actually involved in the campaign. (ie, if you were in Grenada for 1 week, then you get 1 week credit even though the campaign lasted 28 days) You'll have to weigh the benefits of gaining the credit over the time it will take you in getting the credit from HR. Not sure if knocking 1 week off the back side is worth the effort or not, but if you spent a year in Iraq, Bosnia, or Kosovo then looking further into it would definately be worth adding a year credit. There is a chart of the campaigns at the same link I listed earlier. Just look a little further down.

*edit - The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal counts for the period of service for which it was awarded.

joey - I'll just be doggone...they must have rewritten the ELM. I must admit to you that I had not read this rule for a long long time...maybe 25 or more years. But it appears from the info that Martin found that credit for annual leave is now limited as follows:

Full Credit. Full leave accrual credit for all of active military service is granted if a military retiree meets one of the following three conditions:

(1) Retirement was based on disability resulting from injury or disease received in the line of duty as a direct result of armed conflict.

(2) Retirement was based on disability caused by an instrumentality of war and incurred in the line of duty during a period of war defined in 38 United States Code (U.S.C.) 101 and 301.

(3) On November 30, 1964, the employee was employed in a civilian office to which the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951 applied and continues to be employed in a civilian capacity without a break in civilian service of more than 30 days.


Or, maybe I misunderstood the thing to begin with years ago. I was led to believe that the above ELM rule was for credit toward retirement, but I now understand that one must buy back their military time in order for it to count toward retirement. However, in the case of a retired military it would not make good sense to do that.

Good luck - thanks Martin for finding this info.

Joey,

I found info at the following link that might help you figure out if you are eligible for annual leave credit. It is from the USPS ELR Manual-Issue 17-12: http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/manuals/elm/h...002.html#vnameref_8

Section 512.232 is where you need to look. (if the link works it should take you right to that section) It discusses full credit and partial credit.

rick where else can I go to because this HR does not agree or does not know where it states it in postal reg. please direct me. thank you

Joey - you get credit toward the amount of annual leave you earn per pay period. Sometimes you have to make certain that HR provides this credit for you for the record in order to get the annual leave credited properly.

I have known those who were earning less AL per pay period than the amount they were entitled to - so check it out. With 20 years military you should be earning the max annual leave per pay period.

 I am retired military of 20yrs active and 2 reserve total 22 yrs.I have been told that i do not get any credit for this service, yet on postal network it says I would under certain conditions. What are they and do I get credit for annual leave I have been with post office since 1998.

Generally if the hire date is the same the postal service will award seniority to the highest test score. Check with HR to find out for sure.

can anyone help me? I've been a PTF now for about a year and a half, I have the same hire date as a fellow PTF. Since the hire date I have been placed above the other PTF on the SR. roster. The other PTF is now trying to fight this issue. I have a veterans preferance and time put in as an RCA. Please help.

Edited by author 02-11-2006 10:44 PM
Hello, my name is David and I am a carrier from Modesto CA. I was activated in 2004 while in the CA Army National Guard and have recently returned. I have two questions and they are:
 
 
 
1. Do I receive the COLA increases while deployed? (March 19th 2005 and Sep 3rd 2005)

2. I was talking to a guardsman which was a carrier down near San Diego and he said there was a law passed which any postal employee would be able to re coup any national holiday missed while activated. Do you know anything about this? I have contacted several people about this but with no avail.

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