City will comply with state and federal law.
(a) Any regular employee who is a member of the National Guard or militia or of the military or naval forces of the United States, and is required to undergo field training therein, shall be granted a leave of absence with pay for the period of such field training. This paid leave of absence shall be in addition to the employee’s vacation leave, but shall not exceed twenty-two (22) eight (8)-hour work days or one hundred seventy-six (176) hours within one (1) calendar year. An employee on one (1) continuous leave of absence that extends into a subsequent calendar year or years will receive pay only for one (1) period of twenty-two (22) work days or one hundred seventy-six (176) hours, not for each year of the same leave. In the case of military leave, paid leave shall mean the employee’s full regular salary. For any military weekend training pay issued to the employee shall be kept by the employee. The employee must submit satisfactory evidence of military pay in order to receive this benefit.
(b) Any regular employee called to active military service pursuant to an order by the President of the United States or an act of Congress will be paid the difference between the employee’s regular salary and the employee’s military base pay. A qualifying employee shall be eligible to receive this benefit for a maximum period of two years. The employee must submit satisfactory evidence of military pay in order to receive this benefit.
(c) During the employee’s military leave as permitted by subsection (b), if the employee elects COBRA health care continuation, the City shall pay the same monthly premium percentage contribution towards the employee’s COBRA coverage as it would have made for an active employee with the same health insurance coverage. Employees shall pay the same percentage contribution toward their COBRA coverage as they would have made as an active employee. A qualifying employee shall be eligible to receive this benefit for a maximum period of two years.
(d) Each employee entitled to leave under subsections (a) or (b) above shall submit to the Human Resources Manager the published order authorizing the call or order to the Uniformed Services or a written statement from the appropriate military commander, in order to be credited with that leave.
(e) The City shall not compensate an employee for military leave beyond what is covered in this section.
(f) This section is intended to replace entirely any provisions of the Ohio Revised Code, including Ohio R.C. 5923.05 as now written or later amended, and those provisions shall not apply to any employee of the City.
(Ord. A-2065. Passed 12-23-96; Ord. A-2192. Passed 12-13-99; Ord. A-2278. Passed 11-26-01; Ord. 2314. Passed 9-23-02; Ord. A-2501. Passed 12-11-06; Ord. A-2778. Passed 12-9-13; Ord. A- 3111. Passed 11-28-22.)