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Dependant Care Dependant Care SL Dependant Care Book - FMLA (USPS) Dependant Care FMLA the Difference Dependant Care Sick Leave Dependant Care Sick Leave 1996 Employees
ELM REVISION Sick Leave for Dependent CareEffective October 27, 2005, Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) 513.1, Purpose, and 513.32, Conditions for Authorization, are revised to differentiate sick leave taken for employee incapacitation from sick leave taken for dependent care, and then to clarify that leave taken for care of a qualifying family member, after a maximum of 80 hours of sick leave, will be charged to annual leave, or to leave without pay, at the employee's option. 513 Sick Leave 513.1 Purpose [Revise 513.1 to read as follows:] 513.11 Sick Leave for Employee Incapacitation Sick leave insures employees against loss of pay if they are incapacitated for the performance of duties because of illness, injury, pregnancy and confinement, and medical (including dental or optical) examination or treatment. 513.12 Sick Leave for Dependent Care A limited amount of sick leave may also be used to provide for the medical needs of a family member. Nonbargaining unit employees, and bargaining unit employees if provided in their national agreements, are allowed to take up to 80 hours of their accrued sick leave per leave year to give care or otherwise attend to a family member (as defined in 515.2) with an illness, injury, or other condition that, if an employee had such a condition, would justify the use of sick leave. If leave for dependent care is approved, but the employee has already used the maximum 80 hours of sick leave allowable, the difference is charged to annual leave or to LWOP at the employee's option. (See 515 for information about FMLA entitlement to be absent from work.) * * * * * 513.3 Authorizing Sick Leave * * * * * | 513.32 Conditions for Authorization [Revise the fourth entry of the table in 513.32 to change the reference from 513.1 to 513.12 as follows:] | Conditions | | * * * * * | | For eligible employees (as indicated in 513.12), care for a family member (as defined in 515.2). | Up to 80 hours of accrued sick leave per leave year if the illness, injury, or other condition is one that, if an employee had such a condition, would justify the use of sick leave. | | * * * * * |
* * * * * We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the ELM and also into the online update, available on the Postal ServiceTM PolicyNet Web site: • Go to http://blue.usps.gov. • Under "Essential Links" in the left-hand column, click on References. • Under "References" in the right-hand column, under "Policies," click on PolicyNet. • Click on Manuals. (The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.) It is also available on the Postal Service Internet: • Go to www.usps.com. • Click on About USPS & News, then Forms & Publications, then Postal Periodicals and Publications, and then Manuals. — Compensation,
Employee Resource Management, 10-27-05 |
ELM Revision: Sick Leave for Dependent Care
Effective October 27, 2005, Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) 513.1, Purpose, and 513.32, Conditions for Authorization, are revised to differentiate sick leave taken for employee incapacitation from sick leave taken for dependent care, and then to clarify that leave taken for care of a qualifying family member, after a maximum of 80 hours of sick leave, will be charged to annual leave, or to leave without pay, at the employee's option. 513.12 Sick Leave for Dependent Care
A limited amount of sick leave may also be used to provide for the medical needs of a family member. Nonbargaining unit employees, and bargaining unit employees if provided in their national agreements, are allowed to take up to 80 hours of their accrued sick leave per leave year to give care or otherwise attend to a family member (as defined in 515.2) with an illness, injury, or other condition that, if an employee had such a condition, would justify the use of sick leave. If leave for dependent care is approved, but the employee has already used the maximum 80 hours of sick leave allowable, the difference is charged to annual leave or to LWOP at the employee's option. (See 515 for information about FMLA entitlement to be absent from work.) Sick Leave for Dependent Care vs Family Medical Leave Act
An employee's child is ill and needs care, may an employee call in to care for him/her? What kinds of leave can an employee's request ? It has been a misunderstanding on this issue of Sick Leave vs the Family Medical Leave Act. If an employee or an employee's dependent require medical treatment, and will be incapacitated for three consecutive days or more --an employee is eligible for FMLA. If the employee's dependent has a condition that would prevent him/her from working as if the employee had the condition -- an employee can use Sick Leave for Dependent Care. Employees may use up to 80 hours of Sick leave for Dependent Care, and 12 weeks of FMLA each calendar year. Employees should not be required to provide medical documentation for sick leave for dependent care unless he/she has been placed on restricted sick leave or has used leave for three or more consecutive days MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO Re: Sick Leave for Dependent Care The parties agree that, during the term of the 2000 (note: extended through 2005) 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 that 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. (PostalReporter.com note: the above MOU also applies to carriers and mail handlers)
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