NALC: Wounded Warriors Leave Rights
June 2023 Have questions about Wounded Warriors Leave, an important additional category of paid leave for eligible disabled veterans? Check out the June edition of The Postal Record: Source: NALC
Tag: Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act
Wounded Warriors Leave
Attached are the final USPS “Wounded Warriors Leave” regulations issued pursuant to the Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015. They provide that an eligible employee hired on or after 11-05-2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more, will be permitted to take up to 104 hours of…
Bill revising federal sick-leave rules for disabled vets advances
Service-disabled veterans who become federal employees would start their careers with paid sick leave available, under legislation passed unanimously by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Sept. 17. Currently, there is no special accommodation for such employees. The Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act would give service-disabled 104 hours starting out, instead of starting from…