(a) In accordance with state law, any employee who presents official orders requiring his/her attendance for a period of training or other active duty as a member of the United States Armed Forces shall be entitled to military leave without reduction in total income for a period or periods not exceeding a total of thirty eight-hour working days in any one calendar year. Such nonreduction in income shall be accomplished by the employee supplying to the payroll office a copy of his/her military pay voucher, at which point the City will then process the difference between the military pay voucher and the normal wage due the employee for the time away, the amount to be paid in the next processed payroll. Such military leave shall be in addition to and may not be concurrent with authorized vacation leave. Any employee who enters extended military service with the Armed Forces shall be granted leave of absence without pay to extend until ninety days beyond the termination of such service.
(b) An employee who is reinstated to a position previously held by him shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate no lower than that of the rate corresponding to the step rate received at the time of entrance into the Armed Forces of the United States causing such separation.
Union employees, refer to your Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article XXII, Military Leave.
(Ord. 37-97. Passed 12-15-97.)