What to code?
Absence • Charges to annual leave, sick leave, court leave, military, excused absence (administrative leave) should be made to the codes that employees use during a typical workday or work week. It is important to code these items because they represent a cost, just like other benefits (e.g., insurance, retirement, etc.). However, the Service is investigating other options to collect the leave hours and then spread the time proportionally to the ABC codes used by the employee. Leave without pay, Absence without leave (AWOL) • Time for these items is not required to be coded to an activity because there is no cost involved in the time. Quicktime, however, requires a code. Credit hours earned and used and comp time earned and used • Credit hours earned and comp time earned are not a cost until they are used. Employees should code those hours when they are used, not when they are earned. Similar to annual or sick leave, employees should code these entries to the activities that make up th
