If a regular full-time employee or Detention Specialist must leave city employment to
enter directly into active service in the armed forces of the United States involuntarily, he
shall be granted a military leave of absence for the anticipated length of such service.
The employee will be allowed seniority credit for the time spent in the armed forces.
The employee is entitled to reinstatement to the position he held or one of like status and
pay if a vacancy is open within the city, provided that the employee accepts release from
active service at the earliest possible date and request reinstatement within ninety (90)
days after release.
If a regular full-time employee is called to serve not more than a seventeen-day annual
training tour of duty with the National Guard or Armed Forces Reserve, he shall be paid
the difference between his pay for such government service and the amount of straight
time earnings lost by him by reason of such service, if any, based on the employee's
regularly scheduled straight time rate. Such payments shall be made following the
showing of satisfactory evidence of the amount of pay received for such service. The
employee will continue accrual of sick and vacation time during this time and shall not
lose any benefits.
If a regular full-time employee is called into active duty with the National Guard or
Armed Forces Reserve for more than 17 days, he shall not be paid the difference between
his pay for such government service and the amount of regular straight time earnings.
The employee may request payment of his sick and vacation accrual balances (subject to
accumulation restrictions) or these accruals may remain as balances until he returns to
city employment. He shali not accrue sick and vacation time during the military leave of
absence and his benefits will be as indicated below:
A. More than 17 days, less than 6 months.....Full benefits
B. More than 6 months:
1, No benefits;
2. Allowed seniority credit for the time spent in the armed forces;
3. Insurance benefits available under COBRA provisions.
Part-Time Employees:
Part-time employees are eligible for paid or unpaid personal leaves of absence. By law,
employees are eligible for Family Medical Leave if they have been employed at least
twelve (12) months and worked at least [,250 hours during the twelve (12) months
immediately preceding the commencement of the leave.
Paid Leaves of Absence:
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