What you need to know
Special Unpaid Leave is a period of absence of up to 93 days at any one time, which cannot be given as special paid or compassionate leave. Authority to grant Special Unpaid Leave rests with Commanding Officers.
It is important that you have read and understood JSP 760 - Tri-Service Regulations for Leave and Other Types of Absences before proceeding.
If repeated periods of Special Unpaid Leave are required, you should consider alternative measures to meet your need.
Periods of Special Unpaid Leave can have a negative impact on reckonable service calculations for the purpose of promotion, increments of pay, retired pay, pension or gratuity or for reckoning the eligibility for other types of leave except where permitted by current regulations.
It is possible to take Special Unpaid Leave for as short as one day, but it cannot be used to create a routine pattern of absence – this can be done by applying for Flexible Service instead.
What you need to do
You will need to speak to your Line Manger, Unit HR Admin or Personnel Office and then apply through JPA. The Flexible Working page can help you with this process.
