r/fednews Feb 17 '25

Passing Along: FEMA is expecting mass layoffs at 5PM EST

Details are unclear, but my source tells me it will most likely be all probationary employees. Download. your EOPF docs now folks. Get in touch with the Union. Stay strong.

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u/AlarmedSnek Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 18 '25

If you get hired under veterans preference you get 108 hours of disabled veteran leave so you can close out Va appointments, get on a new schedule, etc. You also get 6 hours of leave per pay period instead of 4 depending on how many years you did in the military.

Edit: 104 hours. I’m still new 🤣

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u/dovk0802 Feb 18 '25

Or have a disability review in progress

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u/AlarmedSnek Feb 18 '25

You’re right, Thank you!

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u/Reeseey Feb 18 '25

Do you know if this is at any point after getting hired? Or if you need to do it before, like negotiate leave as a vet? I ask cause I thought it was at anytime but a POC told me it’s supposed to be negotiated before I start. I got 5 years as a vet so I figured I get the 6 hours.

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u/AlarmedSnek Feb 18 '25

It’s not a negotiated thing, if you are over 30% disabled you get it.

Edit: as for the leave accrued, hit HR with that question.

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u/Ack-Acks Feb 18 '25

It says it’s before. Though I was haggling with my HR about it several years after getting hired.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/creditable-service-for-annual-leave-accrual-for-non-federal-work-experience-and-experience-in-the-uniformed-service/

I randomly got my 8 hours of leave a few years early…. So I must have gotten credit. But even after digging into my files it didn’t really make sense to me…. But I was not going to ask HR about it 😏

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u/Alternative_Mind242 Feb 18 '25

104 hours

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u/KYWildcatfan4life Feb 18 '25

I never got that. I did get 8 hrs AL. I am 40%. Unfortunately, I’ve been there since 2004, so I don’t think I’ll ever see it.