Tompkins County Administrative Policy Manual

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MILITARY LEAVE

Objective:	To establish a policy for military leave for County employees.		Policy/Procedure Number:	January 12, 1981
Reference:(Laws both state and local)	NYS Military Law, Article 11, §242 and Public Officers Law 86-632, resolution 244 of 2001, resolution 313 of 2002 and 232 of 2004, and 126 of 2007		Effective Date:	June 28, 1988, December 2, 2003, November 16, 2004 July 3, 2007, February 4, 2009
Legislative Policy Statement:	Employees on active military duty status shall be entitled to paid leave as allowed by NYS Military Law.		Resolution #:	09-18
General Information:			Department:	Personnel
I. Definitions	Ordered military duty means any military duty performed in the service of the state or of the United States, including but not limited to attendance at any service school or schools conducted by the armed forces of the United States, pursuant to orders issued by competent state or federal authority, without the consent of such public officer or employee.		Next Scheduled Review:	January 1, 2010
II. Policy:
Procedure:

Any public officer or employee shall be deemed to have a leave of absence with pay while engaged in the performance of ordered military duty and while going to and returning from such duty. Such leave of absence with pay shall not exceed a total of thirty (30) days or twenty-two (22) work days in any one calendar year.

All public officers or employees ordered to military duty must provide a copy of such orders covering all duty days to the Personnel Department.