A. Paid Military Leave for Reserve or National Guard Activities. Paid military leave shall be granted for authorized reserve or National Guard activities for a maximum of fifteen working days during a one-year period. Military leave must be requested twenty days in advance. The employee must furnish proof of duty orders or other documentation prior to leave being granted unless the leave is for emergency purposes.
B. Unpaid Military Leave. Employees voluntarily or involuntarily serving on active duty for more than fifteen working days shall be placed on leave without pay. The employee taking military leave shall not first be required to exhaust annual and sick leave.
C. Employees Returning from Unpaid Military Leave. Any employee who leaves a position he has held with the city, other than a temporary position, to enter the armed forces of the United States, National Guard or organized reserve, and who serves on active duty and is honorably discharged or released from active duty to complete his remaining service in a reserve component, and who is still qualified to perform the duties of the city position previously held, shall be reemployed in such position or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay. To be reemployed in such position, the employee must make application for reemployment within ninety days after he is released from training or duty or within ninety days of release from hospitalization which continued after honorable discharge for a period of not more than one year.
1. The returning employee shall be deemed to have accrued seniority and length of service rights as though his employment with the city had been continuous since the date of initial employment;
2. The returning employee shall have all annual and sick leave accrued at the time of his departure for military services restored. (Ord. 435 § 10.11, 2001)