(a) Eligible Employees. Village employees are eligible for Uniformed Services Leave in accordance with law.
(b) Benefit.
(1) Eligible employees who are members of the Ohio organized militia or members of other reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States including the Ohio National Guard are entitled to a uniformed services leave of absence from their employment, without loss of pay, for such time as they are on field training or reserve duty.
The leave may be for a period not to exceed twenty-two (22) eight-hour work days or one hundred seventy-six (176) hours within one calendar year.
(2) Eligible employees who enter into active duty for any of the Armed Services of the United States will be granted a military leave of absence as defined by Ohio Rev. Code Ann. Section 5903.01.
(3) When an employee of the Village is required to fulfill a military service obligation specified by Ohio Revised Code 5923.05 or any similarly designated or intended enactment, such employee shall be paid the difference between the employee's Village pay and any military compensation.
(4) No employee shall receive extended leave payments if the sum of his/her gross uniformed pay and allowances received in a pay period exceeds the employee's gross wage or salary as a Village employee for that period or if the employee is receiving pay under (b)(1) above.
(5) Except as otherwise provided by law, no single leave or combination of leaves may exceed five (5) years unless the service time is for a single, initial period of service.
(c) Employee Requirements.
(1) Unless precluded by military necessity, the employee must provide advance verbal or written notice of the need for military leave. If possible, the employee should submit a copy of the appropriate military training or active duty orders two weeks prior to the start of the leave.
(2) Application for reinstatement from active duty of more than thirty-one (31) days must be filed no more than ninety (90) days after discharge or one (1) year after discharge from a period of hospitalization related to injuries sustained during military action.
(3) All salary adjustments and/or position upgrades shall be granted to the employee upon reinstatement, in accordance with law. If the employee's former position no longer exists, he/she shall be employed in a similar position at a salary comparable to that formerly received.
(4) Vacation and sick leave hours do not accrue during uniformed services leave.
(Ord. 2016-16. Passed 3-9-16.)