This is in response to your March 12 letter regarding the application of leave regulations in circumstances where employees request leave in increments of 8 hours or less for randomly selected days throughout a prolonged absence. The leave regulations in Chapter 5 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual allow leave charges for full-time, part-time regular, and part-time flexible employees in minimums of one hundredth of an hour. We are not aware of any position being taken with regard to minimal use of annual leave or any other paid leave or which restricts the right of employees to request leave in minimal amounts for non consecutive days.
This document contains two Article 10 related issues; a USPS Position Letter on Page 1, and a Maintenance Craft Step 4 Agreement on Page 2.
Document Type: USPS Position Letter