Time Inquiry Leave Update System (TINQ)

Home Shore Leave

Home Shore Leave is Program 06 on the TINQ menu. This program is used for employees in service abroad (home leave) or assigned extended duties on an oceangoing vessel (shore leave). Shore leave is applicable to the Department of Commerce only.

To Use the Home Shore Leave Program:

1. To select this program, at the TINQ menu, type 06 at the Please Enter Selection prompt.
2. Press Enter. The Home Shore Leave screen is displayed.

   

3. To view, modify, or add a record, complete the fields as follows:

   Field	Instruction
   SSNO	Type the employee's Social Security number.

4. Press Enter. The Home Shore Leave record for the Social Security number entered is displayed.
5. Complete the Agency field.

   Field	Instruction/Description
   Agency	System-generated Agency code. If the employee has a dual appointment and the Agency displayed is not the applicable one, enter the Agency code of the record you want to query or modify.

6. Press Enter. The data changes to the selected Agency data.
7. Complete the fields as follows:

   Field	Instruction/Description
   Screen Opt	System-generated program number 06. Complete this field with the next program desired after all changes and/or additions are made.
   Last Update By	Identification number of the last person to update the leave data.

8. To modify or add a record, complete the applicable fields as follows:

   Field	Description
   Home-Lv-Current-Bal	System-generated field indicating the number of hours of home leave to the credit of the employee as of the current (or prior) pay period (depending on the time of the pay period processing) of the current year.
   Shore-Lv-Current-Bal	System-generated field indicating the number of hours of shore leave to the credit of the employee as of the current (or prior) pay period (depending on the time of the pay period processing) of the current year.
   Home-Lv-Carryover-Bal	Number of hours home leave carried forward from the previous year.
   Shore-Lv-Carryover- Bal	Number of hours of shore leave carried forward from the previous year.
   Home-Lv-Used-YTD	Total number of home leave hours used during the current leave year.
   Shore-Lv-Used-YTD	Total number of shore leave hours used in the current leave year.
   Home-Lv-Accruals-YTD	Total number of home leave earned during the current leave year. Employees may earn 5, 10, or 15 days for each 12 months of service abroad. Leave is credited in multiples of 1 day.
   Shore-Lv-Accruals-YTD	Number of shore leave hours earned in the current year. Shore leave is earned without limitation, at the rate of 1 day for each 15 calendar days on one or more extended voyages. An extended voyage must be for 7 or more calendar days in duration.
   Ann-45-Day-Carry	Balance of annual leave hours accumulated by an employee who is being transferred back to the United States from a foreign post if the number of hours is greater than 240 and less than or equal to 360. If a balance exists, it remains in the employee's record until the end of the leave year. This field is used to determine the employee's leave ceiling for the following leave year and is then zeroed out.
   Ann-45-Day-Code	Code used to determine whether the employee is entitled to the 360- hour or 45-day maximum ceiling for annual leave. Valid values are Y (yes) or N (no) to indicate whether or not the employee is entitled to carry forward from one leave year to another a maximum of 45 days of annual leave.

9. After entering the data, press Enter. The Home Shore Leave record is updated. The Last Update By field displays the identification number of the last person to update the leave data.
10. To access another record, enter the Social Security number directly over the one displayed.
11. Press Enter.
12. To access another program, enter the program number in the Screen Opt field.
13. Press Enter.