Local Employment Policy Handbook - ICASS

Leave Without Pay (LWOP) for Not Ordinarily Residents Hired Under a PSA
An individual hired as a NOR under a PSA must always request Leave Without Pay (LWOP).
Management may not place an individual on LWOP without a written request from the individual.
Approval of LWOP is at Mission management discretion.
LWOP is granted only when individual hired under a PSA is expected to return after the LWOP to the
same position. The supervisor looks at each request to make sure the needs of the service are not
jeopardized by granting an excessive amount of LWOP in relation to the anticipated length of the
individual’s service.
Mission management may approve requests for LWOP of more than 30 days.
Accumulated time in LWOP during a year extends the WGI waiting period. For example, 80 hours of
LWOP extends the WGI waiting period by one pay period, 160 hours by two pay periods, etc.