Posted on Aug 14, 2016
Disabled vets to get new leave benefit
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The Office of Personnel Management is expected to release new regulations on Aug. 5 to create a leave category exclusively for disabled veterans.
Related: Read the regulation
The new leave policy, implemented under the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015, would apply to any veteran hired after Nov. 5, 2016, and has a service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
The regulation would provide new employees with a one-time leave benefit in their first year of government employment. The leave can only be used for medical treatment on a qualified service disability.
The leave has to be less than less than 104 hours and is only for newly hired veterans, or National Guard members and military reservists who have returned to their civilian jobs.
Acting OPM Director Beth Cobert said in a statement that the new leave policy provides a needed benefit for veterans who are just entering the civil service.
“We know this is something they need,” she said. “We want these veterans to have sufficient leave during their first year of Federal service in order to take care of any medical issues related to their service-connected disability.”
OPM said it would be offering further information sessions about the new regulation for agencies to implement.
Related: Read the regulation
The new leave policy, implemented under the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015, would apply to any veteran hired after Nov. 5, 2016, and has a service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
The regulation would provide new employees with a one-time leave benefit in their first year of government employment. The leave can only be used for medical treatment on a qualified service disability.
The leave has to be less than less than 104 hours and is only for newly hired veterans, or National Guard members and military reservists who have returned to their civilian jobs.
Acting OPM Director Beth Cobert said in a statement that the new leave policy provides a needed benefit for veterans who are just entering the civil service.
“We know this is something they need,” she said. “We want these veterans to have sufficient leave during their first year of Federal service in order to take care of any medical issues related to their service-connected disability.”
OPM said it would be offering further information sessions about the new regulation for agencies to implement.
Disabled vets to get new leave benefit
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I was curious what a "new leave benefit" for disabled veterans could be SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL. Now I see this is focused on Federal employees taking advantage of tax revenue.
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LTC Stephen F. It would be nice for disabled Veterans to have more advantageous opportunities in the OPM process.
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LTC Stephen F.
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL - I support hiring disabled veterans. What bothers me is that while we have not seen an increase in Social security of Disability Compensation since January 2015, OPM now has authority to pay for "The leave has to be less than less than 104 hours leave" whatever that means. The leave only applies to new hires so disabled veterans hired earlier will not benefit.
This seems like a photo op.
This seems like a photo op.
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