The Office of Personnel Management has reissued a memo for
the heads of executive departments and agencies about the
return of civilian employees activated for military service,
which says returnees should be given five days of uncharged
leave.
The memo includes guidance that states employees are to be
treated as though they had never left regarding their
eligibility for promotion, severance pay and other benefits.
Returned employees are also protected from reductions in
force.
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