Place employee on partial leave for professional reasons.

• Places eligible permanent, probationary and nonrepresented employees on a formal partial leave for professional reasons.  The employee will be paid a pro rated salary calculated at the reduced FTE.  Provides reinstatement rights to the employee's former FTE.

• Employees may be placed on a partial LWOP only during periods when the employee would otherwise be scheduled to work.  If the employee is not scheduled to work (e.g. 10-month position or 10-month employee occupying a fiscal year position), the employee must be placed on a short work break SWB/OPS for the non-work period.

• Benefit eligible employees whose partial LWOP decreases their FTE below half time will impact continued benefit eligibility.  Benefits cancelled via 674 must be reinstated via 674.  A new HDB enrollment form must be completed if benefits were cancelled via HBD.

• Time to be paid (Items 606/607) is a required entry for academic year employees who move to a partial leave in the middle of an academic pay period.  Enter the total number of academic workdays to be paid at each FTE.

• An employee must be reinstated before being placed on any other type of leave.

• Certain temporary, full time employees may be granted a partial leave.  Refer to respective MOU to verify eligibility.  Enter authorizing number in Employment History Remarks.

• FERP employees who are granted a FTE change for one semester, quarter or year:  

 -Process a HIR action with the appropriate reason code with 1.0 entered in FTE followed by a PLA/PLF with the same effective date.

 -Expected Return Date should reflect the last day of the academic calendar or the last date to be paid.  

 -Process a TER/END at the appropriate time.  It is not necessary to return the employee to full time status prior to the separation action.

• To extend the leave or change the FTE again, process another PLA/PLF.  Do not process a DTA/LOA.