If you get a raise due to a general increase, a within grade increase, a promotion, change in jobs, move to a higher-paying locality, reclassification of a job to a higher level or for other reasons, your TSP investment will increase automatically if you are investing on a percentage of salary basis.
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While in unpaid status you generally may take out a financial hardship withdrawal, if you qualify otherwise. While in general you must be in a paid status to take out a new loan, there is an exception that covers most furlough situations.
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Upon returning, employees are generally treated as though they had never left. This means that time spent in the uniformed services counts for seniority, within-grade increases, completion of probation, career tenure, retirement, and leave rate accrual. Employees do not earn sick or annual leave for that time, however.
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