Employee Benefits
Benefits for Active Employees
Military Leave
(updated 02/15/2007 )

Voluntary or involuntary service in the Armed Forces

You will be granted military leave without pay if you enlist or are drafted into the armed forces of the United States, including the reserves or national guard if on active military duty. You should request a return to employment within 90 days after receiving an honorable discharge from the military service.

If you are a member of a reserve component of the military service of the United States, you shall be granted a maximum of 15 working days of military leave with pay for active duty within each 12-month period beginning October 1 and ending September 30 of the following year. If you need more than 15 working days, you may request to use vacation leave, compensatory time credits or leave without pay.

You can only apply 15 working days to a single term of active duty one time. Even if a single term of active duty exceeds the defined 12-month period, you cannot apply a new set of 15 working days of military leave with pay to a term of active duty on which you have already used 15 working days of military leave with pay.

For the purpose of performing inactive duty or for induction, entrance, or examination for entrance into a reserve component. You shall be granted military leave without pay or you may request to use vacation leave or compensatory time credits.

Requests for military leave shall be made through your supervisor to the appointing authority with as much notice as possible under the circumstances of the order. An appropriate military order or duty document shall be received by the appointing authority be for military leave is authorized.

You must also complete a Leave Request Form if you will be on leave without pay more than 30 days.

Military Duty Leave - Non-Exempt Earnings Code: MIL Multiplier: 1.0 times regular rate of pay Description: Used to report military leave. Used By: Classified Non-Exempt Unclassified Non-Exempt Count Towards FLSA? No Count Towards Leave Accrual? Yes Military Duty Leave - Exempt Earnings Code: MIE Multiplier: 1.0 times regular rate of pay Description: Used to report military leave. Used By: Classified Exempt Unclassified Exempt Count Towards FLSA? No Count Towards Leave Accrual? Yes

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