What you need to know

HRM is accelerating the deadline to submit restored annual leave requests from April 1, 2021 to March 1, 2021.  

Employees with documented, approved annual leave who had their leave cancelled to complete critical Forest Service business may request to have their leave restored. Please review the BusOps memo (internal link) for information about restored annual leave.

If you need to submit a request to restore annual leave, please use the following employee checklist (internal link) for requesting restored annual leave that is located on HRM’s leave website (internal link).

For the Cares Act: Employees who provided COVID support and charged work hours to a COVID accounting code in Paycheck8 will automatically have their leave restored per the CARES ACT. These employees were sent an email in November and December 2020 on their status and do not need to submit an application to have their leave restored.

What You Need to Do

If you had annual leave cancelled based upon the need to complete critical Forest Service business, please submit a request to have your annual leave restored. Helpful information is available on the HRM leave website (internal link).

Help is available

Open an HR Help case:

• Call: 1-877-372-7248, Press 2
• Email: hrm_contact_center@usda.gov
• Self-Service: ConnectHR > HR Help link

For detailed instructions, visit the HR Help How-to Add a Case Guide (internal link).