MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING LWOP IN LIEU OF SL/AL
It is hereby agreed by the U.S. Postal Service and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union that: 1.
As provided for in the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) Exhibit 514.4(d), an employee need not exhaust annual leave and/or sick leave before requesting leave without pay.
2.
As specified in ELM 513.61, if sick leave is approved, but the employee does not have sufficient sick leave to cover the absence, the difference is charged to annual leave or to LWOP at the employee's option.
3.
Employees may use LWOP in lieu of sick or annual leave when an employee requests and is entitled to time off under ELM 515, Absences for Family Care or Serious Health Problem of Employees (policies to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act).
4.
In accordance with Article 10, Section 6, when an employee's absence is approved in accordance with normal leave approval procedures, the employee may utilize annual and sick leave in conjunction with leave without pay. We further agree that this would include an employee who wishes to continue eligibility for health and life insurance benefits, and/or those protections for which the employee may be eligible under Article 6 of the National Agreement.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SICK LEAVE FOR DEPENDENT CARE
During the term of the 2006 National Agreement, sick leave may be used by an employee to give care or otherwise attend to a family member having an illness, injury or other condition which, if an employee had such condition, would justify the use of sick leave by the employee. Family members shall include son or daughter, parent and spouse as defined in ELM Section 515.2. Up to 80 hours of sick leave may be used for dependent care in any leave year. Approval of sick leave for dependent care will be subject to normal procedures for leave approval.
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