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The leave program is designed to allow service members to use their authorized leave to maximum extent possible.
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- Washington DC Fort Belvoir
- info@militarywelfaredepartment.com
- Week Days: 09.00 to 18.00 Sunday: Closed
Leave Process (1-30 days)
If you are called to military service and only need to request paid military leave for 30 days or less, you should take the following actions immediately after receiving your orders:
Provide a copy of your orders to your department’s personnel related staff member (PRS) or Shared Service Center (SSC).
Your department’s PRS or SSC should submit a copy of your orders to Human Resource Management by emailing them to hr@militaryleavedepartment.com
Human Resource Management will provide its determination to you via hard copy letter; HRM will also send a copy of the letter to your department’s PRS or SSC contact.
Your supervisor will be responsible for reviewing and approving your absence request.
As soon as you return to work, you or your SSC or department’s PRS should immediately notify Human Resource Management of your return, whether you are on paid or unpaid status, by emailing the department
Leave Process (More than 30 days)
If you are called to military service and you need to request more than 30 days of military leave, you should take the following actions immediately after receiving your orders:
You should follow the same process outlined above to request military leave, however If you have exhausted your 30 days of military leave with pay and require more days of absence, you should immediately contact your department’s PRS or SSC representative.
Your department’s PRS or SSC representative will submit a Personnel Action Form (PAF) to Human Resource Management and place you on leave without pay. Please note the following:
The PAF (when used for military leave) does not require your signature.
You will be placed on military leave without pay beginning on the first day without military pay and ending the last day of your orders. For example, if you request military leave from October 1, through November 15, you will be placed on military leave with pay from October 1, through October 31, and you will be placed on military leave without pay from November 1, through November 15.
If you have requested to use accrued leave (to include all leave balances with the exception of sick leave) before exercising your Military Leave Without Pay benefit, the action to place you on a leave without pay will be delayed until all other leave balances (with the exception of sick leave) have been exhausted. Additionally, if you request to use your leave balances in lieu of being placed in a leave without pay status, you are responsible for submitting an absence request in the HR/Pay system for the leave balances you wish to use. If you are not able to submit the absence request yourself, you should ask your supervisor to enter an absence request on your behalf.
When the PAF is received by HRM, you will be placed in leave without pay status in HR/Pay.