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MSGID/GENADMIN/DFAS CLEVELAND OH//
SUBJ: SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL (SLA) FY 22 END
PROCESSING INFORMATION//
MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 23/22//
REF/A/DOC/MILPERSMAN 1050-070/22JAN2010//
REF/B/DOC/ASN MEMORANDUM DATED 28JUL21//
REF/C/DOC/DJMS NAVY PROCEDURES TRAINING GUIDE (PTG)//
NARR/REF A IS THE MILPERSMAN ESTABLISHING SLA GUIDANCE.
REF B IS THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY MEMORANDUM DATED
28 JUL 21 REGARDING THE DEPATMENT OF THE NAVY'S GUIDANCE OF SPECIAL
LEAVE ACCRUAL DUE TO COVID-19 FOR FISCAL YEAR 21. REF C IS
THE NAVY'S INFORMATION AND PROCESSING GUIDE WHICH WILL BE UPDATED
IAW MILPERSMAN 1050-070.//
POC/RONNIE ATES/MNCC/TEL: COMM: 901-874-4363/EMAIL:
RONNIE.G.ATES.CIV@US.NAVY.MIL; STEVEN BREST/DFAS-JFLQ/CL/MILITARY
PAY & PROCEDURES DIVISION/TEL: COMM: 216-204-4610
EMAIL: STEVEN.J.BREST.CIV@MAIL.MIL//
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 FY22. In accordance with Ref A, any leave
balance in excess of 60 days on 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 will be lost unless
subject to Special Leave Accrual described in paragraph 3.
2. Reference A, requests commands to identify those members eligible
for SLA and verify that a qualifying condition was met in FY22 for
individual members of units. The commands endorsement (by direction is
acceptable thru 31 December 2022) should be submitted to DFAS
Cleveland via the Defense Workload Operations Web System (DWOWS) via
servicing ADSN/PSD/TSC. Commands that do not have access to DWOWS
should contact their local pay office for submission assistance.
3. IAW Reference B, qualified members are further authorized to retain
such unused leave until the end of fiscal year 2024 (i.e., September
30, 2024). The active service described here in shall be considered
qualifying duty for purposes of 10 U.S.C. 701(f)( l )(B)(iii) pursuant
to DoDI 1327.06 enclosure 2, paragraph I .h.( 1 ).  Commanders will
continue to encourage and provide members with opportunities to use
their leave in the year it is earned.
4. Per Reference C, SLA requests should not be submitted before month
ending restructure (MER) 22 September 2022; members would not have
lost leave before then. SLA requests should not be submitted later
than the end of the first quarter of FY23 (31 December 2022).
SLA request submitted after first quarter FY23, 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 FY23.
5. Commands requesting SLA restoration of ten or less members will
submit individual letters for each member to their servicing PSD/TSC
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/TSC's and self-supporting afloat units. The desktop guide
may be obtained from your supporting PSD/TSC or by emailing
michael.f.jones95.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. Submission of both the SLA formatted spreadsheet and the Command
Letter of Certification by Commands serviced by a PSD/TSC is required.
Effective 19 August 2022, only commands (excluding surface ships,
DESRON and PHIBRON staffs) with an approved Exception to Policy (ETP)
will be authorized to utilize the Transaction Online Processing
System (TOPS) for temporary submission of pay, personnel, and
transportation transactions. The primary means for submitting pay,
personnel, and transportation transactions is via the enterprise
Customer Management System (eCRM)/Salesforce.
8. This advisory has been coordinated with MNCC, MNCC-42.
9. Request widest dissemination.//