Reduction in Force (RIF)

Employees performing active military duty are protected from RIF actions and may not be discharged from employment for a period of 1 year following separation (or 6 months in the case of a Reservist called to active duty under 10 U.S.C. 12304 for more than 30 days, but less than 181 days, or ordered to an initial period of active duty for training of not less than 12 consecutive weeks). RIF actions are applicable for poor performance or conduct issues, or for suitability purposes.

Military Leave Not Used for All Types of Military Duty

Military leave may not be granted for the following types of military duty:

Summer training as members of Reserve Officers Training Corps when employees must be carried in a LWOP status;
Temporary Coast Guard Reserve (see 23 Comptroller General 916);
Participation in parades by members of the State National Guard;
Training with a State defense organization or a State military organization which is not part of the National Guard, or any other organization created by the State in the absence of the State National Guard during an emergency (23 Comptroller General 92);
Civil Air Patrol established as a civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (Act of May 1948, 62 Stat. 274);
Time taken on a workday for traveling to the location where training is scheduled to take place, unless military orders encompass the period of travel time required (see unpublished Comptroller General decision B-138990, April 22, 1959); or
Active duty as a commissioned officer in the Reserve Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service or the NOAA Corps.

U.S Department Of Defence

Reduction in Force (RIF)

Military Leave Not Used for All Types of Military Duty

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