K6 Unit – ART. 15: Military Leave

ARTICLE 15
MILITARY LEAVE

A. General Provisions

An employee is entitled to Reserve Training Leave for Inactive Duty, Temporary Military Leave for Active Duty Training, Extended Military Leave, Emergency National Guard Leave and Military Leave for Physical Examinations provided that the employee gives advance verbal or written notice of the leave except when such notice is precluded by military necessity, impossibility or unreasonableness. In any event, the University may require verification of an employee’s military orders.

Military Caregiver Leave is an additional type of Family Care and Medical Leave available to eligible employees, as used in Article 16, Leaves of Absence.

B. Eligibility for Pay and Benefits

1. General Conditions and Eligibility. An employee granted temporary military leave for active-duty training or extended military leave is entitled to receive regular University pay for the first thirty (30) calendar days of such leave in any one fiscal year, but not to exceed the actual period of service, provided:

a. the employee has at least twelve (12) months of continuous University service immediately prior to the granting of the leave (any prior military service shall be included in calculating this University service requirement); and

b. such payment for temporary and extended military leave in any combination, in addition to any University payment for military leave for physical examinations, does not exceed the pay due for a period of thirty (30) calendar days in any one (1) fiscal year.

2. Part-time Employee. An eligible part-time employee shall receive pay in proportion to the average percent of full-time worked during the three (3) completed monthly pay periods immediately preceding the leave.

3. Ineligible Employee. An employee not eligible for military leave pay may have such absence charged to accrued vacation or the military leave may be without pay.

4. Monthly/Weekly Drills. Paid leave is not granted for inactive duty such as regular weekly or monthly meetings or weekend drills. However, unpaid leave may be granted for such meetings and drills or the employee may elect to use vacation.

5. Service Credit and Benefits. An employee on temporary military leave for active-duty training or extended military leave, who is not on pay status shall receive length-of- service credit provided that the employee returns to the University service at the expiration of the leave in accordance with applicable State and Federal laws. Such employee s h a l l a c c r u e v ac at i o n a n d s i c k l eav e a n d r e c e i v e h o l i d a y p a y o n l y i n accordance with Article 14, Vacation, Article 13, Sick Leave and Article 12, Holidays. An employee on pay status shall receive regular benefits, provided that the employee returns to University service at the expiration of the leave in accordance with applicable State and Federal laws. Retirement benefits and service credit shall be continued in accordance with the provisions of the applicable retirement system regulations. Health benefits may be continued at the employee’s request and expense for a limited period of time as outlined under the University’s group insurance regulations.

C. Temporary Military Leave for Active-Duty Training

Temporary military leave for active-duty training shall be granted to any employee who, as a member of a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces (the federally recognized National Guard, the federally recognized Air National Guard, the Officer’s Reserve Corps, the Regular Army Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Coast Guard Reserve, and the Public Health Reserve when serving with the Armed Forces), is ordered to full-time active military duty for training for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, including time spent traveling to and from such duty.

D. Extended Military Leave

Extended military leave shall be granted to an employee who enlists or is ordered into active duty in the United States Armed Forces or a reserve component, or who is ordered into active Federal military duty as a member of the National Guard or Naval Militia. Such leave shall be granted for active-duty service at any length or for active-duty training in excess of one hundred eighty (180) days.

1. Period of Leave An employee shall be granted extended military leave for the initial period of enlistment, service, or tour of duty for a period not to exceed five (5) years. In addition, leave shall be granted for a period up to six (6) months from the date of release from duty if the employee requests such extension.

2. Service Credit and Benefits An employee granted extended military leave shall receive a lump-sum payment for earned salary, and accrued vacation. Upon written request, an employee may elect to retain accrued vacation on the records for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days. Vacation credits retained on the records in excess of one hundred eighty (180) days shall be paid out at the pay rate in effect at the time of payment, taking into account any salary increases that may have occurred in the previous one hundred eighty (180) day period.

3. Sick Leave Sick leave credit shall be retained on the records.

E. Probationary Employee

1. An employee who was serving a probationary period at the time extended military leave became effective shall be required to complete the probationary period upon reinstatement.

2. If the probationary employee served in active military service for a period of more than thirty (30) days, he/she shall not be separated from employment by management action except for cause for six (6) months from the date of reinstatement.

3. If the probationary employee served in active military service for a period in excess of one hundred eighty (180) days, he/she shall not be separated from employment by management except for cause for one (1) year from the date of reinstatement.

F. Emergency National Guard Leave

1. Military Leave shall be granted to an employee who as a member of the National Guard is called to active duty by proclamation of the Governor during a state of emergency. An employee who as a member of the National Guard is called to active federal military duty at the request of the President of the United States is not eligible for emergency National Guard leave, but shall be granted extended military leave as set forth in Section D.

2. Eligibility for Pay An employee granted military leave for emergency National Guard duty is entitled to receive regular University pay for a period not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days in any one (1) fiscal year. An employee is eligible for pay regardless of the length of University service, and such pay is in addition to any University payment for temporary military leave for active-duty training, extended military leave, and military leave for physical examinations.

3. Service and Benefits An employee on military leave with pay for emergency National Guard duty shall receive all benefits related to employment which are granted when an employee is on pay status. If not on pay status, the employee shall receive length-of- service credit provided that the employee returns to University service immediately after the emergency service is over. Such employee shall accrue vacation and sick leave and receive holiday pay in accordance with Article 14, Vacation, Article 13, Sick Leave, and Article 12, Holidays. Such employee may receive retirement benefits and service credit only in accord with the provisions of the applicable retirement system; may continue health plan coverage at the employee’s request and expense for a limited period of time as described in the University Group Insurance Regulations.

G. Physical Examination

1. Military leave with pay shall be granted to an employee in accordance with Section B. regardless of length of service, when the employee is required to take a pre-induction or pre- enlistment physical examination to fulfill a commitment under a Selective Service or comparable law, or during a period of war or comparable national emergency.

2. Time off for other physical examinations in connection with military service may be charged to accrued sick leave or vacation, or shall be without pay.

3. The University may require verification of an employee’s military orders to report for a physical examination.

4. The University may grant leave without pay for further physical examinations required for military service or the employee may charge such time off to accrued sick leave, accrued vacation or accrued compensatory time off.

H. Reinstatement

Following release from military service, an employee shall have such right to return, and only such right, as may be required by State and Federal law in effect at the time the employee applied for reinstatement. Upon reinstatement, an employee shall receive salary increases applicable to the employee’s position during the military leave as provided by the Agreement.

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