[Amended 1-28-2014 by Ord. No. 06-14; 12-2-2014 by Ord. No. 49-14]
A.
An employee who is a member of the National Guard, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Reserve shall be entitled to military leave for military training. Merit employees and part-time and grant-funded employees regularly scheduled to work 50% or more of the normal pay period are eligible for military leave in accordance with the terms of this article. Contractual and appointed employees are eligible for military leave only if such leave is granted by an express term of their employment contract or appointment, respectively. Employees who are called for military training and who are not eligible for paid military leave are entitled to leave without pay as required by federal law and in accordance with § 86-4-1101. Where eligible, but no more than once per calendar year, approved military leave shall be paid at that employee's salary rate for the lesser of the duration of approved military leave or the number of hours in a single pay period for that employee as set forth upon the pay scale applicable for that employee. Any employee required to report for military service must give the Supervisor as much advance notice as possible.
B.
An employee who has worked for the last 12 months and at least 1,250
hours in that same period of time is eligible for leave equal to the
lesser of eight hours or 1/10 the number of hours in a single pay
period for that employee, as set forth upon the pay scale applicable
to that employee on the day an immediate family member (parent, step
parent, spouse, child or step child) is leaving for or returning from
active duty outside of the United States as a member of the Armed
Forces of the United States. The employee may not be required to use
paid leave; however, unless the employee elects to use paid leave,
the one day will be leave without pay. The employer may require documentation
verifying that the leave is taken for this qualifying reason.
