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[quote=Anonymous]I'm considering a set up where I technically remain a full-time employee at 80 hours a pay period, but take 10 hours LWOP each pp to reduce my schedule (and salary).

The guidance my HR has given is confusing me, and I was hoping someone here had a better grasp of it than I do.  The guidance says that while in a non-pay status, no annual or sick leave will be accrued. It's my understanding that by me taking only 10 hours and working the remaining 70 hours, I will actually be in a paid status and will continue to accrue leave.  I then have another piece of paper that says "At the point you accumulate 80 hours of LWOP, none of the leave you otherwise would have earned in that pay period will be credited to your leave accounts. Plus, you will not earn any more leave until you return to a pay status."  Shouldn't I always be in a pay status? I'm confused because when I took my last maternity leave, I took a total of 595 hours of LWOP and made sure to take what amounted to around 21 hours of paid leave each pay period (so 69 hours of LWOP each pp) in order to keep me in a paid status. I did continue to learn leave during that time and never saw that after each 80 hour LWOP segment, I didn't earn leave for that PP the way the HR guidance states.

All LWOP in excess of 180 days in a calendar year will affect retirement and leave computation.  I will only have 32.5 days of LWOP a year, at the most, so I should be safe here, correct?

The guidance goes on to say that at my step level, I can only take 160 hours of LWOP before the within grade increase waiting period is affected, but it doesn't say exactly how that waiting period is affected and I can't find anything on OPM.

I have health insurance through my husband, so that won't be affected.[/quote]

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