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USPS Process Guide
Chapter 3: New Hires/Transfers-in/Multiple Employment –

HOHAZ – Prior Hazardous Duty Time

Screen: HOHAZ
Prerequisites: Verification of prior hazardous duty service
Key Fields: AGENCY, EMPLOYEE SSN

Note: Enter a separate line of data for each period of hazardous duty service. If the employee worked at one state agency several different times, enter each period of hazardous duty on a separate row. Agencies are required to obtain written verification for all periods of hazardous duty prior to entering data on this screen.

Step Action
1 Access HOHAZ.
2 Enter I in the SUBCOMMAND field.
3 Enter the following fields as required:
AGENCY (Key)
EMPLOYEE SSN (Key)
AGY NBR (Required)
Enter the agency number where employee was previously employed.
BEG DATE (Required)
Enter the start date of employee’s previous hazardous duty service.
END DATE (Required)
Enter the end date of employee’s previous hazardous duty service.
HAZ LWOP MOS (Optional)
Number of leave without pay months (full calendar months) incurred at previous agency, excluding military leave during the hazardous duty assignment.
4 Press Enter to update the screen.