Any officer or employee of the City who is a member of the National or Naval Reserve or a member of any reserve corps or force in the Federal military, naval or marine service, or who enlists in or is drafted into and serves in the United States Army or Navy or other military service shall be entitled to absent him or herself from his or her duties or service with the City while engaged in the performance of ordered military or naval duty while going to and returning from such duty. The City Manager may authorize compensation of any employee ordered to active military duty, to compensate for the difference in City salary and military pay, for a period of up to one year. No relinquishment of military pay shall be required except as otherwise permitted by law. For purposes of this section, salary shall include all benefits to which a City employee would be entitled, subject to all State and Federal laws.
(§ 1, Ord. 1242, as amended by § 2, Ord. 2612 c.s., eff. January 8, 1991)
No such officer or employee shall be subjected by any person, directly or indirectly, by reason of such absence to any loss or diminution of vacation or holiday privileges or be prejudiced by reason of such absence with reference to promotion or continuance in office, employment, reappointment to office or reemployment. Such officer or employee shall not forfeit any civil service right then enjoyed or to which such person might be entitled, nor any right under the State Employees' Retirement System as contracted for by the City, nor to retirement pay earned thereunder.
(§ 2, Ord. 1242)