R 181515Z AUG 22
MARADMIN 420/22
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2022 SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL// 
REF/A/MSG/MARADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP/R021708ZAUG2021//
REF/B/MCO/MRA MPO/19MAY2009//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 397-21, FISCAL YEARS 2020 AND 2021 SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019.  REF B IS MARINE CORPS ORDER 1050.3J, Subj: REGULATIONS FOR LEAVE, LIBERTY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE ABSENCE.//
POC/MPO/TEL: (703) 784-9386/MPO@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/.  1.  Purpose.  To provide guidance on Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Special Leave Accrual (SLA).
2.  Reference (a) authorizes SLA specifically due to COVID-19 for FY2020 and FY2021. This SLA is specifically due to COVID-19 and does not include SLA for any other qualifying circumstances (e.g., incident to operational deployments) for which SLA may be authorized, as authorized by reference (b).  The scenarios outlined in the previously published SLA COVID-19 Fact Sheet remain valid for educational purposes.  This SLA COVID-19 Fact Sheet is posted on the Manpower and Reserve Affairs webpage at:  https:(slash)(slash)www.manpower.usmc.mil/webcenter/ content/conn/WebCenterSpaces-ucm/path/Enterprise%20Libraries/Secretariat/SLA%20COVID-19%20SMART%20SHEET%20v.2.pdf.
3.  SLA specifically due to COVID-19 for FY2022 is not authorized.  There are no plans to extend additional COVID-19 SLA eligibility beyond current authorities in accordance with Ref (a).
4.  Marines with questions about their leave and SLA balances are to address their questions to their local S-1 or Administrative Chain.  A Marine’s leave balance depends on the Marine’s individual circumstances, is affected by the total amount of leave and SLA (if applicable) accrued and used across multiple FYs, the timing of when the Marine accrues and uses leave and SLA, and the expiration dates  by which the Marine must use or lose any accrued SLA.  Specific SLA balances and expirations can be found in the remarks section of Marines’ July 2022 Leave and Earning Statements.
5.  Annual leave is used in a last-in, first-out process.  For example, a Marine has 10 days SLA on 1 October 2021.  The Marine uses 10 days of annual leave from 21 October thru 31 October 2021.  The 10 days would be charged as 2.5 days annual leave earned during October 2021 and 7.5 days of SLA.  The Marine would have 2.5 days of SLA remaining.
6.  SLA, whether accrued specifically due to COVID-19 or other qualifying circumstances has an expiration date by which the member must use or lose it.  A member is not necessarily authorized to retain any SLA until its expiration date.  Instead, in accordance with the last-in, first-out process, and the member’s leave balances and usage, once a member uses their SLA or their total leave balance of accrued regular leave and SLA is reduced to or below a total of 60 days, then the member loses any days in excess of 60 days.  
7.  Example 1.  On 1 Sep 2021 a Marine has 5 days SLA, with an expiration date of 1 Oct 2022.  The Marine also has 60 days of regular accrued leave on 1 Sep 2021, for a total of 65 days of accrued leave.  The Marine takes 20 days of leave between 1 and 30 Sep 2021.  The Marine also accrues 2.5 days of regular leave between 1 and 30 Sep 2021.  On 1 October 2021 the Marine will have a total of 47.5 days of accrued leave, below the regular max limit of 60.0 days of leave, and so will have used their accrued SLA as well as a portion of their accrued regular leave.
8.  Example 2.  On 1 Sep 2022 a Marine has 20 days SLA specifically due to COVID-19 (expiring 30 Sep 2024) and 70 days accrued regular leave, for a total of 90 days.  The Marine will lose the 10 leave  days that exceed the protected leave balance (SLA) if not used by 30 Sep 2022.  Only the SLA balance not expiring in FY2022 (30 Sep 2022), are authorized to be retained in the next fiscal year starting 1 Oct 2022.
9.  Commanders will continue to encourage and provide Marines with opportunities to use their leave in the year it is earned.
10.  This MARADMIN is applicable to the Total Force.
11.  Release authorized by BGen A. T. Williamson, Division Director, Manpower Plans and Policy.//