Good morning! My husband has been on a six day hold down for over 90 days and is earning leave. He has 13 years of prior Federal Government service that fits into the creditable service category for earning leave. They have been giving him leave under category 4 (3 years of Federal service or less). Should he be earning leave under category 6 (3-15 years of Federal service)?
RCA Six Day Hold Down and Leave Categories
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JoJoMac -- "My husband has been on a six day hold down for over 90 days and is earning leave."
-- A few questions:
-- In what branch of Federal Government service did your husband serve? If in the military, as "PastOThirty" noted, a DD-214 must be on file somewhere. Should have been addressed during the hiring process. Don't know what form(s) is/are used for service in other departments of the government. Anyone??
-- Is your husband a regular rural carrier? or,
-- An RCA filling in for a regular who is absent from the regular route? or
-- An RCA doing an Auxiliary Route 6 days a week? AUX routes earn leave based upon the number of work hours per pay period. ( CAT 4 )
-- Has your husband received a new Form 50 noting the change of designation?
-- What is listed on line 23 -- Leave Category?
-- Going out on a limb by saying CAT 6 and CAT 8 are for Full-Time regular rural carriers.
-- A few questions:
-- In what branch of Federal Government service did your husband serve? If in the military, as "PastOThirty" noted, a DD-214 must be on file somewhere. Should have been addressed during the hiring process. Don't know what form(s) is/are used for service in other departments of the government. Anyone??
-- Is your husband a regular rural carrier? or,
-- An RCA filling in for a regular who is absent from the regular route? or
-- An RCA doing an Auxiliary Route 6 days a week? AUX routes earn leave based upon the number of work hours per pay period. ( CAT 4 )
-- Has your husband received a new Form 50 noting the change of designation?
-- What is listed on line 23 -- Leave Category?
-- Going out on a limb by saying CAT 6 and CAT 8 are for Full-Time regular rural carriers.
Hubby worked for General Services Administration for 13 years and I believe he provided his 50 during hiring process. He is a "fill in "RCA (I use quotations because he works 70-80 hours a week). He has been on a six day hold down of an aux route since March and his leave category is listed at a 4.
Charlie Brown
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Because he's an RCA (non-career) that previous time has no bearing.
I don't know if that previous federal employment time will count towards earning leave or not when he makes regular. I do know that military time does count once you make regular.
I don't know if that previous federal employment time will count towards earning leave or not when he makes regular. I do know that military time does count once you make regular.
BeatsAll-IEverSeen
Well-known member
Aux routes don't actually earn 4 hours of leave a pay period. They're listed that way but the carrier actually earns one hour of AL and SL for every 20 hours actually worked on the aux. Why it's listed as a category 4 I don't know -- it could be because it's the lowest category -- but his leave will accrue based on his actual hours on the aux, not a pre-determined amount like a regular route (at 4, 6 or 8 hour categories). But as Charlie Brown pointed out I think the question is irrelevant since he's not a career employee yet.
Thank you...that makes sense but we wanted to confirm. Unfortunately the management in his office is often less than honest with everyone.I have to say as a person that has worked on Government contracts for 15 years, I am really having trouble discerning a lot of the USPS policies and the union contract with regard to non-career RCAs. It's very confusing.
<blockquote data-postid="34658" data-userid="2313"><div class="wpforo-post-quote-author"><strong>Posted by: Charlie Brown</strong></div><div class="wpforo-post-quote-author">I don't know if that previous federal employment time will count towards earning leave or not when he makes regular.</div></blockquote>It does. 
<br /><br />It will also count toward retirement.
<br /><br />It will also count toward retirement.dumbolehickfromms
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When he makes career, those years DO count towards leave earning category. But as mentioned before, they have no bearing on leave earning for RCA's
