Changes in Which Seniority is Retained, Regained or Restored. A. Reemployment after Disability Separation. On reinstatement or reemployment after separation caused by disability, retirement or resignation because of personal illness and the employees have so stated in their resignation and furnished satisfactory evidence for inclusion in their personnel folder, the employees will receive seniority credit for past service in the bargaining unit for time on the disability retirement or for illness if reinstated or reemployed in the Center in the same or lower grade from which originally separated; provided application for reinstatement or reemployment is made within six months from the date of recovery. The date of recovery in the case of disability retirement or disability separation must be supported by notice of recovery from the Compensation Group, Office of Personnel Management, or the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, respectively; and in the case of resignation due to illness, by a statement from the applicant’s attending physician or practitioner.
Changes in Which Seniority is Retained, Regained or Restored. On reinstatement or reemployment after separation caused by disability, retirement, or resignation because of personal illness and the employee so stated this reason in the resignation and furnished satisfactory evidence for inclusion in the employee’s personnel folder, the employee receives seniority credit for past service for time on the disability retirement or for illness if reinstated or reemployed in the same installation and in the same salary level from which originally separated; provided application for reinstatement or reemployment is made within six (6) months from the date of recovery. The date of recovery in the case of disability retirement or disability separation must be supported by notice of recovery from the Compensation Group, Office of Personnel Management or the Office of Workers’ Com- pensation Programs, respectively; and in the case of resignation due to illness, by a statement from the applicant’s attending physician or practitioner.
