Regular employees who are members of an Armed Forces Reserve organization or National Guard shall be granted ten workdays per year for military leave without pay. On rare occasions due to training being scheduled on a federal fiscal year basis, an employee may be required to attend two periods of training in one calendar year. For this purpose only, an employee shall be granted an additional ten days of military leave during the same calendar year without pay. Provided that, if the compensation received while on military leave is less than the salary that would have been earned during this same period as a city employee, the employee shall receive partial compensation equal to the difference the base salary earned during this same period as a city employee. The effect will be to maintain the employee’s salary at the normal level during this period. If such duty is required beyond this ten workdays, the employee shall be eligible to take accumulated leave or be placed in a leave without pay status, and the provisions of that leave shall apply. While taking military leave without pay or with partial pay, the employee’s leave credits and other benefits shall continue to accrue as if the employee physically remained with the city during this period. Employees who are eligible for military leave have all job rights specified by the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Act.
(Ord. passed 5-17-94; Am. Ord. passed 8-29-09)