employee away from his/her official station and immediate family may negatively affect the employee’s morale and job performance. Such negative effects may be alleviated by authorizing a TCS so the employee can transport his/her immediate family and/or household goods at Government expense to the location where he/she will perform the long-term assignment. You should consider the effects of a long-term temporary duty travel assignment on an employee when deciding whether to authorize a TCS. Service Agreements § 302-3.503 Must we require Yes, you must require employees to sign a service employees to sign a agreement if the employee is receiving reimbursement service agreement? for relocation travel expenses, except as provided in § 302-3.410 for a temporary change of station. The service agreement should include, but not be § 302-3.504 What information should we include in a service limited to the following: agreement? (a) The name; employee’s (b) The effective date of transfer or employee’s appointment; (c) The actual place of residence at the time employee’s of appointment; (d) The name of all dependents that are authorized to travel under the TA; (e) Detailed information regarding the employee’s obligation to repay funds spent on his/her relocation as a debt due the Government if the service agreement is violated; (f) The agreed period of time (see § employee’s 302-3.505) to remain in service; and (g) The signature accepting the terms of the employee’s agreement. § 302-3.505 How long must we require You must require an employee to agree to the terms of a an employee to agree to service agreement: the terms of a service (a) Within the continental United States for a period of agreement? service of not less than 12 months following the effective date of your transfer; (b) Outside the continental United States for an agreed upon period of service of not more than 36 months or less than 12 months following the effective date of transfer; (c) Department of Defense Overseas Dependent School System teachers for a period of not less than one school year as determined under chapter 25 of Title 20, United States Code; and (d) Renewal agreement travel for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of return to the same or different overseas duty station. If an employee does not fulfill the terms of the service § 302-3.506 May we pay relocation
employee away from his/her official station and immediate family may negatively affect the employee’s morale and job performance. Such negative effects may be alleviated by authorizing a TCS so the employee can transport his/her immediate family and/or household goods at Government expense to the location where he/she will perform the long-term assignment. You should consider the effects of a long-term temporary duty travel assignment on an employee when deciding whether to authorize a TCS. Service Agreements § 302-3.503 Must we require employees to sign a service agreement? Yes, you must require employees to sign a service agreement if the employee is receiving reimbursement for relocation travel expenses, except as provided in § 302-3.410 for a temporary change of station. § 302-3.504 What information should we include in a service agreement? The service agreement should include, but not be limited to the following: (a) The employee’s name; (b) The employee’s effective date of transfer or appointment; (c) The employee’s actual place of residence at the time of appointment; (d) The name of all dependents that are authorized to travel under the TA; (e) Detailed information regarding the employee’s obligation to repay funds spent on his/her relocation as a debt due the Government if the service agreement is violated; (f) The employee’s agreed period of time (see § 302-3.505) to remain in service; and (g) The employee’s signature accepting the terms of the agreement. § 302-3.505 How long must we require an employee to agree to the terms of a service agreement? You must require an employee to agree to the terms of a service agreement: (a) Within the continental United States for a period of service of not less than 12 months following the effective date of your transfer; (b) Outside the continental United States for an agreed upon period of service of not more than 36 months or less than 12 months following the effective date of transfer; (c) Department of Defense Overseas Dependent School System teachers for a period of not less than one school year as determined under chapter 25 of Title 20, United States Code; and (d) Renewal agreement travel for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of return to the same or different overseas duty station. § 302-3.506 May we pay relocation If an employee does not fulfill the terms of the service
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