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SUBJ/LEAVE CARRYOVER AND SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL (SLA) FY 18 END
PROCESSING INFORMATION//
MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 29/18//
REF/A/DOC/MILPERSMAN 1050-070/22JAN2010//
REF/B/DOC/DOD INSTRUCTION 1327.06/16JUN2006//
REF/C/DOC/DJMS NAVY PROCEDURES TRAINING GUIDE (PTG)//
NARR/REF A IS THE MILPERSMAN ESTABLISHING SLA GUIDANCE.
REF B IS DOD INSTRUCTION ESTABLISHING SLA LIMITS. REF C IS
THE NAVY'S INFORMATION AND PROCESSING GUIDE WHICH WILL BE UPDATED
IAW MILPERSMAN 1050-070.//
POC/CLIFF BROWNING/DFAS-JFLS/CL/FIELD SERVICES DIVISION/ TEL: DSN
580-5886/TEL:  COMM: 216-522-5886//
RMKS/1. This advisory is being provided in regards to submission of
SLA requests and to issue procedures for reporting a member's
entitlement to SLA for fy18. In accordance with Ref A, any leave
balance in excess of 60 days on 30 SEPTEMBER 2018 will be lost unless
subject to Special Leave Accrual described in paragraph 2.
2. Reference A, requests commands to identify those members eligible
For SLA and verify that a qualifying condition was met in FY18 for
Individual members of units. The commands endorsement (by direction
is acceptable thru 31 December 2018) should be submitted to DFAS
Cleveland via the Defense Workload Operations Web System (DWOWS)
via servicing ADSN/PSD. Commands that do not have access to DWOWS
should contact their local pay office for submission assistance.
3. IAW Reference B, SLA retention limits are increased. This retention
increase only applies to SLA that is earned from 1 October 2008 to
30 September 2015. SLA that has been authorized, except for SLA
earned in support of a contingency operation, is authorized to be
retained for four fiscal years. SLA earned during the support of a
contingency operation may retained for two fiscal years following
the fiscal year in which the duty assignment in support of a
contingency operation is terminated.
4. Per Reference C, SLA requests should not be submitted before
month ending restructure (MER) 20 September 2018; members would
not have lost leave before then. SLA requests should not be submitted
later than the end of the first quarter of FY19 (31 December 2018).
SLA request submitted after first quarter FY19, must include
documentation justifying the late submission and signed by the
individual's commanding officer or higher; such as Echelon II
authority. By direction and mass transaction requests are not
accepted after the first quarter of FY19.
5. Commands requesting SLA restoration of ten or less
members will submit individual letters for each member to their
servicing PSD for processing.  The request must include the member's
last name, first name, middle initial, full SSN, number of days to
carry forward for SLA, and the qualifying condition.
6. This years authorized mass transaction for eleven (11) to five
hundred (500) members will only be accepted in the pre-approved
excel listing format. The desktop guide for this format has been
provided to all PSD's and self-supporting afloat units. The desktop
guide may be obtained from your supporting PSD or by emailing
nathaniel.l.harris.mil@mail.mil for self-supporting afloat units.
If more than five hundred (500) members qualify for SLA at one
command, submit multiple excel worksheets to list each member
only once.
7. Commands serviced by a PSD will submit the excel spreadsheet
via TOPS. The spreadsheet must be transmitted as excel file; do not
scan excel listings into other formats, use ARMDEC safe when
necessary.
8. This advisory has been coordinated with NPPSC.
9. Request widest dissemination.//