(A) The terms of employment policies embodied within this subchapter apply to all regular full-time employees of the City of Valparaiso and sworn officers called to military tour of duty in the Armed Forces of the United States of America, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, military duty in the "uniformed services" as defined in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), 38 USC § 4301, or the Indiana National Guard for service related to the deployment of troops upon official Order of the President of the United States or the Governor of the State of Indiana, hereinafter referred to as "active duty."
(B) Each covered employee shall be considered as remaining in the employ of the City of Valparaiso, Indiana, in an inactive status while on active duty related to an ordered deployment of troops. Each covered employee shall continue in such inactive status until such time as he or she is released from active duty in good standing, or the date of receiving written confirmation of the covered employee being deceased and where applicable, the date on which he or she resumes active employment with the City of Valparaiso.
(C) Each covered employee must return to active employment with the City of Valparaiso within 30 days after such time as he or she is released from active duty in good standing or from hospitalization continuing after discharge. Upon return to employment, each covered employee, if still qualified to perform the duties of the position he or she held immediately prior to being called to active duty, shall be restored to such position or to a position of the like seniority, status and pay. If any covered employee is not qualified to perform the duties of the position he or she held immediately prior to being called to active duty, by reason of disability sustained during his or her service, but is qualified to perform the duties of any other position in the employ of the city, he or she shall be offered employment, and if such covered employee so requests, shall be employed in such other position the duties of which the covered employee is qualified to perform as will provide him or her like seniority, status and pay, or the nearest approximation thereof consistent with the circumstances of his or her case.
(Ord. 17, 2003, passed 3-24-03)