The NALC and the Postal Service have agreed to a memorandum of understanding Re: Monetization of Annual Leave (M-02013) in which career employees covered under the NALC agreement may sell back up to eighty (80) hours of annual leave prior to the beginning of the leave year. To qualify for annual leave monetization, employees must meet two criteria: they must be at the maximum annual leave carryover limit at the start of the leave year and must have used fewer than seventy-five (75) hours of sick leave in the previous leave year.
In addition, the national parties have agreed to a MOU Re: Annual Leave Carryover for Leave Year 2026 (M-02014) which increases the maximum allowable annual leave carryover amounts outlined in the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). For leave year 2026, regular work force career employees covered by the USPS-NALC National Agreement may carry over 520 hours of accumulated annual leave from leave year 2025 to leave year 2026. The Memorandum, which does not change the provisions in the ELM for payment of accumulated leave, will expire with the conclusion of the 2026 Leave Year.
