ALCOAST  201/08
COMDTNOTE 12300
SUBJ: CREDIT FOR PRIOR CIVILIAN WORK EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVE DUTY
UNIFORMED SERVICE NOT OTHERWISE CREDITABLE IN DETERMINING ENHANCED
RATES OF ANNUAL LEAVE ACCRUAL
A.  CREDIT FOR PRIOR CIVILIAN WORK EXPERIENCE AND ACTIVE DUTY
UNIFORMED SERVICE NOT OTHERWISE CREDITABLE IN DETERMINATING
ENHANCED RATES OF ANNUAL LEAVE ACCRUAL, COMDTINST 12630.2
1.  SIGNED 7 MARCH 2008, REF (A) SETS COAST GUARD POLICY AND
PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE DETERMINATION OF ENHANCED ANNUAL LEAVE
ACCRUAL RATES OF COAST GUARD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES PAID FROM
APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND APPOINTED TO DIFFICULT-TO-FILL POSITIONS.
IN REQUESTING THIS INCENTIVE, RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS MUST DETERMINE
WHETHER A CANDIDATES SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE, ACQUIRED IN A CIVILIAN
JOB OR ON ACTIVE DUTY PRIOR TO RETIREMENT FROM A UNIFORMED SERVICE,
DIRECTLY RELATE TO THE DUTIES OF THE POSITION FOR WHICH THE
CANDIDATE IS BEING CONSIDERED, AND WHETHER THOSE SKILLS AND
EXPERIENCE ENABLE THE COAST GUARD TO ACCOMPLISH AN IMPORTANT
MISSION OR PERFORMANCE GOAL.  THIS AUTHORITY IS A RECRUITMENT
INCENTIVE AND, AS IS TRUE WITH ALL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
INCENTIVES, MUST NOT BE USED ROUTINELY.  APPROVAL OF THIS INCENTIVE
WILL BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE OFFERED
TO THE CANDIDATE. THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE ENHANCED RATES OF ANNUAL
LEAVE IS DELEGATED TO CG-121.
2.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 9.C. OF REF (A), AN EMPLOYEE
RECEIVING HIS OR HER FIRST APPOINTMENT AS A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE WITH
THE U.S. COAST GUARD BETWEEN 28 APRIL 2005, WHEN INTERIM
REGULATIONS WERE ISSUED AND 18 OCTOBER 2006, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE FINAL REGULATIONS, OR WHO WAS REAPPOINTED BETWEEN THOSE DATES
AFTER A BREAK IN SERVICE OF 90 DAYS OR MORE, MAY BE GRANTED AN
ENHANCED ACCRUAL RATE OF ANNUAL LEAVE FOLLOWING THIS APPOINTMENT OR
REAPPOINTMENT.  HOWEVER, ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF REF (A) MUST
HAVE BEEN MET AND THE EMPLOYEES SUPERVISOR MUST SHOW THAT THE
EMPLOYEE WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THIS APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT
ABSENT AN UNDERSTANDING THAT HE OR SHE WOULD BE SUBSEQUENTLY
CONSIDER FOR AN ENHANCED RATE OF ANNUAL LEAVE ACCRUAL.  THERE ARE
NO OTHER PROVISIONS FOR RETROACTIVITY.  THE FINAL REGULATIONS
INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT THAT AGENCIES MAKE THE DETERMINATION TO
APPROVE AN EMPLOYEES QUALIFYING WORK EXPERIENCE FOR PURPOSES OF AN
ENHANCED RATE OF ANNUAL LEAVE ACCRUAL BEFORE THE EMPLOYEE ENTERS ON
DUTY.
3.  THIS INCENTIVE WILL BE PROVIDED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, AS
OUTLINED IN REF (A), FOR DIFFICULT-TO-FILL POSITIONS.  A
DETERMINATION THAT A PARTICULAR POSITION IS DIFFICULT TO FILL WILL
BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: INADEQUATE NUMBERS OF QUALIFIED
APPLICANTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUTING AREA, HIGH TURNOVER AND LOW
RETENTION RATES, MINIMAL RESULTS FROM REPEATED ADVERTISEMENTS
(VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS), HIGH DECLINATION RATES, HIGH TURNOVER IN
SIMILAR POSITIONS, AND THE TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE OFFERED TO
THE APPLICANT.  ADDITIONAL ANNUAL LEAVE CREDIT MAY BE GRANTED IN
LIEU OF, OR IN ADDITION TO, A RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE, AND/OR A
SUPERIOR QUALIFICATIONS APPOINTMENT.
4.  CREDIT GRANTED TO AN EMPLOYEE FOR NON-FEDERAL SERVICE OR ACTIVE
DUTY UNIFORMED SERVICE REMAINS TO THE CREDIT OF THE EMPLOYEE UNLESS
HE OR SHE FAILS TO COMPLETE ONE FULL YEAR OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE
WITH DHS. IF AN EMPLOYEE SEPARATES FROM FEDERAL SERVICE OR
TRANSFERS TO ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY, PRIOR TO COMPLETING ONE FULL
YEAR OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE WITH DHS, THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT ENTITLED
TO RETAIN THE SERVICE CREDIT.  THE COAST GUARD MUST SUBTRACT THE
ADDITIONAL SERVICE CREDIT FROM THE EMPLOYEES TOTAL CREDITABLE
SERVICE, AND A NEW SERVICE COMPUTATION DATE FOR LEAVE MUST BE
ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE EMPLOYEE SEPARATES OR TRANSFERS TO THE NEW
FEDERAL AGENCY.  THE COAST GUARD MUST TRANSFER THE ANNUAL LEAVE
BALANCE TO THE NEW FEDERAL AGENCY IF THE EMPLOYEE IS TRANSFERRING
TO A POSITION TO WHICH ANNUAL LEAVE MAY BE TRANSFERRED, OR PROVIDE
A LUMP-SUM PAYMENT FOR UNUSED ANNUAL LEAVE IF THE EMPLOYEE IS
SEPARATING FROM FEDERAL SERVICE OR MOVING TO A NEW POSITION TO
WHICH ANNUAL LEAVE CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED.
5.  QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS INCENTIVE CAN BE DIRECTED TO YOUR
SERVICING HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST/COMMAND STAFF ADVISOR.
6.  RDML DANIEL A. NEPTUN, DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SENDS.
7.  INTERNET RELEASE IS AUTHORIZED.