Air Reserve Technician Time and Attendance – Big Changes

BLUF:  AFRCMAN36-104, Air Reserve Technician Time and Attendance, 25 January 2023 supersedes AFRCI36-803, 2 April 2015.  Subsequent AFRCGM immediately implements a strategic pause on AFRCMAN36-104, Chapter 3.

POC:  Louanna Bledsoe, louanna.bledsoe.3@us.af.mil, DSN 497-1323

1.  AFRCMAN36-104, Air Reserve Technician Time and Attendance, 25 January 2023 supersedes AFRCI36-803, 2 April 2015.  This instruction has been substantially revised and must be completely reviewed.  Major changes include removing the following requirements this publication: AF 428, Request for Premium Pay, premium pay audit and maintaining a paper or electronic system of record copies (timecard folder). 

2.   Effectively immediately, AFRCGM implements a strategic pause on AFRCMAN36-104, Chapter 3, Time and Attendance Audit Procedures.  This strategic pause will allow the command to assess the audit process, develop training and pursue an audit automation tool.

3.  AFRCMAN36-104 removes the AFRC270 requirement.  The 2023 Timesheet Tool is available on the A1CE SharePoint for personal use.  

4.  Please ensure review of the applicable collective bargaining agreements to determine any local labor obligations and ensure those obligations, if any, are satisfied prior to implementing any associated changes. 

AFRCMAN36-104, Air Reserve Technician Time and Attendance

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Author: Matt Miller

Matt is the civilian comptroller for the 301st Fighter Wing in Fort Worth, Texas and a Reserve finance officer. He spent seven years on active duty before returning home to Texas and beginning the second chapter of his life. He is an avid maker that loves golf, reading, welding, carpentry and tinkering with electronics. An amateur at many things and master of none.