Military Leave - War or National Emergency Military Leave
Conditions
The State grants war or national emergency military leave if
- you're a State employee, and
- you're a member of the California National Guard or United States military reserve organization, and
- you're ordered to active duty by the President or Congress.
Length of leave
The length of your military leave is:
- the period of active duty plus
- one day for travel going to and returning from such duty, unless your orders already provide for additional travel time.
Travel
If you need to use travel time, and you're traveling on a working day (other than when a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday is a working day) you can use vacation and/or any other leave credits except sick leave to receive pay for the travel time.
When you must begin active duty
To receive the rights and benefits of war or national emergency military leave, you must begin your active duty within 10 calendar days after:
- the last day you physically worked, or
- your last day on vacation or compensating time off before your active duty date.
Benefits defined by conflict
You're entitled to certain benefits if you're called to active duty by Presidential or Congressional determination (Sections 12302 and 12304 of Title 10 of the United States Code).
- War on Terrorism
- Presidential determination of national emergency following September 11, 2001 attack
- Bosnia
- Iraq-Kuwait
Updated November 13, 2007 at 11:57 AM.
