Boss is right, you're in guarantee period right now.
During the period from the beginning of the Guarantee Year (October 24, 2009), through the last day of the Christmas period (December 25, 2009) — which includes pay periods 23-09, 24-09, 25-09, 26-09, and 01-10 (Week 1) — record relief days worked by regular rural carriers on PS Form 1314, as described below.
1. Carriers who work a relief day during this period and who are entitled to a future day off (X day) must be given that X day in the same pay period. Record DACA Code R or 3 on PS Form 1314 for the relief day that is worked and DACA Code X on the day that is taken off. The Rural Time and Attendance Collection System (RTACS) will not accept any PS Form 1314 that contains a DACA Code 3 or DACA Code R without a corresponding DACA Code X.
2. Record DACA Code 5 on PS Form 1314 for the relief day that is worked if an X day is not taken in the same pay period that the relief day is worked, or if the carrier is on the relief day work list and selects the option for 150 percent compensation. When DACA Code 5 is entered, the carrier does not receive an X day.
3. Carriers may not use any X days that were earned in previous pay periods during this period. RTACS will not accept any PS Form 1314 that contains a DACA Code X without a corresponding DACA Code 3 or DACA Code R.
4. Carriers must have a sufficient balance of X days available in order to use an X day. Carriers with a negative X day balance cannot use any X days until the negative balance is erased.
