This is separate from the 15 days of military leave and is often called law enforcement leave. The two-hour period is charged as one day. The employee is ordered to duty on Monday and remains on duty for fifteen consecutive calendar days. The employee would be charged 15 days of military leave including weekends. The employee would be charged 5 days of military leave because non-workdays at the beginning and end of military duty are not charged to military leave.
Employee keeps the greatest pay entitlement.
Public law 103-139 provides an interim waiver to the offset. Under the waiver provisions employee may request to use annual leave in place of leave for providing aid and receive both the civilian pay and military salary. DFAS or the servicing payroll office will determine the offset entitlement. During the period of military leave for active duty employees contribute the normal amount for their entire civilian pay. If the military pay is greater than the civilian pay, there can be no TSP contributions, nor can employees make up the TSP contribution at a later date.