(a) All employees who are members of the Ohio National Guard, the Ohio Military Reserve, the Ohio Naval Militia, or other reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, shall be entitled to military leave from their respective duties for such times as they are on field training or active duty for a cumulative period not to exceed thirty-one (31) days in any calendar year. Application for military leave shall be submitted to the director of the employing department at least thirty (30) days in advance of the proposed leave.
(b) If compensation by any military authority given during the period of leave is less than the regular compensation which would have been given by the City for such period, the employee shall be paid by the City the difference in cash money between the regular pay and the military pay. Should the military compensation exceed the regular compensation from the City, the employee shall not be required to reimburse the City with such differential in cash money. Reimbursed expenses, travel and subsistence pay and all other similar allowances shall not be considered in determining the amount of pay received for such service, training, or active duty. The provisions of this section shall not apply if such military service, field training or other active duty is less than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours or longer than thirty-one (31) consecutive days. Any City employee, at the election of the employee, may credit all or any portion of such military leave against the employee's regular annual vacation and for such period so charged the employee shall receive regular vacation pay without deduction for pay received for such service, training or active duty.
(Ord. 89-10. Passed 6-17-91.)