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USPS Process Guide –
Chapter 4: Employee Maintenance –
H0BUS – Entering Leave Without Pay

Screen: H0BUS
Prerequisites: None
Key Fields: AGENCY, EMPLOYEE SSN
Step Action
1 Access H0BUS.
2 Enter R in the SUBCOMMAND field.
3 Enter the following fields as required:
AGENCY (Key)
EMPLOYEE SSN (Key)
EMPLOYEE STATUS (Required)
02 On leave
REASON CODE/EXT (Required)
043 Leave without pay status change (8AM ACTION)
HRS DOCK (Optional)
The number of hours to be docked. When going on LWOP, the hours are docked from the previous workday and the previous day must be in the current period.
LWOP REASON (Required)
Enter a value to indicate the reason the employee requests a leave of absence.
01 Personal
02 Education
03 Military
04 Illness/surgery
05 (Workers comp) Work-related injury
06 (Probation) Unauthorized use of leave
07 (FMLA) Birth/maternity/adopt/foster care
08 (FMLA) Other
09 (FMLA) Serious health condition – relative
1A (FMLA) Military exigency (Federal)
10 (FMLA) Serious health condition – personal
11 Unauthorized
12 Other
13 (LWOP) Birth/maternity
14 (LWOP) Adoption/foster care
15 (LWOP) Serious health condition – relative
16 (LWOP) Serious health condition – personal

Note: When an FMLA reason code is used, state paid insurance will be generated.

BEGIN DATE (Required)
Enter the date an employee begins a period of leave. If this date is within the current pay period, USPS automatically adjusts the pay for automatically paid employees.
EXP RETURN DT (Optional)
The date the employee anticipates returning from a leave of absence.
4 Press Enter to process the transaction.