HR Forms & Codes
This form serves as the official notice of a personnel action and is permanently stored in an employee’s record.
What is the SF-50?
SF-50 personnel actions document LWOP under the regulations of this U.S. Code chapter.
What is 5 U.S.C. Chapter 81?
In SWIMS, this tab is used to upload SF-50 documents to complete a workers’ compensation case file.
What is the Documents tab?
SF-50 personnel actions for LWOP are critical to ensuring compliance under this federal act.
What is the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA)?
This form, generated as a request for personnel action in HRSmart, precedes the issuance of the SF-50.
What is the SF-52?
This VHA directive outlines the process for managing workers’ compensation personnel actions, including SF-50’s.
What is VHA Directive 1609?
In SWIMS, this tab is used to add medical records that support an employee’s LWOP or RTD action.
What is the Medical Information tab?
All SF-50s are permanently filed in this official repository to ensure compliance with personnel record regulations.
What is the electronic Official Personnel File (eOPF)?
This Nature of Action Code is assigned for Leave Without Pay (LWOP) actions in the SF-50 process.
What is 460?
After review, this HR role provides the final approval, transmitting the action for processing.
What is the Technical Reviewer?
This SWIMS tab is where HR staff record updates such as the Return to Work Date for an injured employee.
What is the Work Status tab?
The process of recording LWOP and RTD using SF-50s must adhere to regulations outlined in this workers’ compensation guidebook.
What is the VHA Workers’ Compensation Guidebook?
For extending LWOP beyond the NTE date, HR uses this Nature of Action Code in personnel actions.
What is 773?
The SF-50 helps notify DFAS to avoid incurring debt on this federal employee benefit during LWOP.
What is Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)?
Extended LWOP details and leave buy-back information are recorded in this SWIMS tab.
What is the Compensation tab?
Before finalizing a PAR action, HR must perform this step to verify data entry and correct any mistakes.
What is the Validate step?
This Nature of Action Code is used in an SF-50 when processing a Return to Duty action.
What is 292?
This reviewer is responsible for approving or disapproving PAR actions before they generate an SF-50.
What is the Technical Reviewer?
To record an employee’s pause in work due to injury, SWIMS requires HR to add an entry in this section of the Work Status tab.
What is “Stopped Work/RTW”?
This HR WCP Staff member reviews completed PAR actions before they are transmitted for final approval.
What is the Quality Reviewer?