Originally Posted by
buzzpat
Thanks Drank. I was hired June '01, so I'm approaching 13 years. This is the first time I've ever even heard of the "benefit start date." Is that the end of my probation year? The way I read the PWA, it should be 12 years from DOH. Any ideas guys? Or am I just stupid?
buzzpat... Jun 01 to Jun 14 is ermmm... 13 yrs
daldude hit on it just up above-- did you have ANY time off from the company whatsoever between Jun 01, furlough, furlough recall, and mil leave? If you bypassed your furlough recall by a month, that would make it non-continuous employment and you probably would lose that yr.
Furlough was counted, as was long mil leave, so long as you accepted furlough recall the first day that was available/offered to you.
You should have 4 weeks if there were no breaks.
EDIT--just saw the further info you posted: " recalled in 2007 and came back 2/2008."
that's the year that didn't count, so you don't have 13 yrs duty and thus don't have 4 weeks vacation yet this year. To which I ask: WHAT were you thinking delaying your return by a year??
(I was thinking "still in bankruptcy, don't trust them, not gonna get burned again!" when I punched back to mil leave...)