Full-time regular employees belonging to an organized military
reserve unit who are required to perform training duty on weekends
and who are scheduled to work on that weekend will be excused from
their work schedule but will not be recompensed for the scheduled
workdays not worked. In City departments providing emergency services,
and during times of manpower shortages, weekend leave for military
personnel may not be granted. The military reserve personnel are permitted
to make up drills missed because of employment responsibilities. With
prior approval of the department head, an employee required to perform
training duty on a scheduled workday may arrange a change in workdays
with another employee.
Any full-time regular employee belonging to an organized military
reserve unit must submit a written request for leave of absence for
the anticipated required training and field duty service as soon as
the training dates are known, but not less than 30 days prior to the
beginning of annual training. Sufficient notification of the actual
duty schedule must be given to the department head in order to allow
for proper scheduling of personnel.
Regular employees called to extended active duty ("activated")
from their reserve components are guaranteed all rights and privileges,
such as reemployment rights, accorded by the Soldier's and Sailor's
Relief Act and other applicable laws. The City will pay health insurance
premiums for up to two months following the employees' call to
active duty until employees and their families are fully covered by
the military medical system or CHAMPUS.