Time Limits for Restoration (cont.)

Other Time Limits for Restoration requirements include:
- Employees who fail to return or apply within these time limits may be subject to disciplinary action.
- Employees must be reemployed as soon as possible on a case by case basis, but no later than 30 days after the agency receives the application for reemployment.
- [Note: the OPM regulations provide: "Position to which restored. (a) Timing. An employee returning from the uniformed services following an absence of more than 30 days is entitled to be restored as soon as possible after making application, but in no event later than 30 days after receipt of the application by the agency." 5 C.F.R. § 353.207]
- Agencies have the right to ask for documentation showing the length and character of the employee's uniformed service and the timeliness of the application. If the period of service exceeded 30 days, the employee is required to provide such documentation upon request of the agency. If such documentation is unavailable, the agency must restore the employee until documentation becomes available.