(a) A part-time or full-time County employee, except an elected official, who is involuntarily ordered to active duty in the armed forces of the United States or National Guard during a national emergency or under Presidential authority, except for active duty for training:
(1) may use any accumulated annual and compensatory leave while on active duty; and
(2) must be granted military leave, when all annual, compensatory, and donated leave has been used, for:
(A) the period the employee is ordered to remain on active duty; and
(B) 10 working days after release from active duty.
(b) The County must pay an employee on military leave the employee's County salary, reduced by all pay and allowances the employee receives for military service except separation allowances.
(c) An employee who takes leave under this Section continues to receive all employee insurance benefits for the entire leave period.
(d) The County must not grant military leave to a non-merit County employee for any period after the employee's appointing authority leaves office.
(e) An employee who is on military leave under this Section must receive retirement credit under the Employees’ Retirement System in Article III or the Retirement Savings Plan in Article VIII, as applicable. (CY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1; 2008 L.M.C., ch. 25, § 1.)
Editor's note-Section 3 of CY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 23, as amended by § 1 of 1993 L.M.C., ch. 19, reads as follows: "Sec. 3. Effective date. The Council declares that an emergency exists and that this legislation is necessary for the immediate protection of the public health and safety. This act takes effect on August 2, 1990."