What is terminal leave?
Terminal leave as defined by the law insider dictionary is the leave taken by an employee immediately prior to retirement from city employment and extending to the established retirement date. Only accrued vacation and sick leave may be used as terminal leave. Terminal leave is the final leave granted to someone in the military just before discharge. It equates to the number of unused leave accumulated during the course of your service. ..
How is the terminal leave calculated?
- Personal Leave: This is leave that you use to take care of your personal affairs.
- Vacation Leave: This is leave that you use to take a vacation.
- Good Conduct Leave: This is leave that you use to receive good conduct awards or for other reasons related to your military service.
- Emergency Leave: This is leave that you use in case of an emergency. ..
Ordinary Leave:
To request leave during active service, you need to speak to your commanding officer and provide them with a leave request form. The form will ask for the specific days you want to be away, as well as the reason for your leave. The commanding officer will then review your leave request and either approve it or deny it. If approved, you will then need to take your leave paperwork to your unit’s personnel office and have it processed. Depending on the branch of the military, taking leave may count as misconduct and result in a punishment such as a reduction in rank or a suspension from duty. ..
Emergency Leave:
If you are a family member of an emergency worker, you may be able to request leave in order to cover your family’s needs. However, leave will still be charged from your annual leave balance. Additionally, depending on your rank you may be entitled to extra benefits which can include financial or temporary accommodation during your emergency leave.
The command may not be able to approve your leave because you have been deployed to another country for an operation.
If you take any leave approved for you, it will be recorded and will count towards your 30 days at the end of the year. If after two years you still do not use your leave, it will expire. This means that the maximum number of unused leave that can be accrued is 60 days.
The new directive increased the maximum number of leave balance from 60 to 120 days. This change will help to ensure that military members have enough time to rest and recuperate after a long deployment.
What happens during Terminal leave?
Your terminal leave is a time for you to transition into civilian life. You are not to resume your post during this time. Most individuals use terminal leave to smoothly transition into civilian life. During this period, they look for jobs, look for accommodation and get a feel of what their life would be like from then on.
What happens if for any reason I didn’t use my terminal leave?
If you don’t use all of your accrued leave, you can sell it back to your government. The maximum number of days you can sell is 60. When you sell your leave, the price is 1/30th of the base rate per day, but it doesn’t include taxes. ..
Military members should take their terminal leave before their EST. This is the date your military service ends and it is usually on your contract. You need to plan to make sure your terminal leave is approved at the right time. For example, if you have 30 days of leave left and your EST is March 31 then you need to make sure your terminal leave is approved before March 1 so you can have the whole of March off. ..
If you are in the military or if you are close to a Veterans Affairs Medical facility, you can get care there.
If you get a civilian job while on terminal leave, you are still entitled to receive payment throughout your leave.
