ORD-2010-051 Amendment to Orange County Personnel Ordinance Article IV, Section 15.0, Military Leave

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Orange County Personnel Rules and Regulations Manual Effective Date: 6/16/2010 9 E. Duration of Service. An employee is entitled to a leave of absence for uniformed services for a cumulative period of up to five (5) years to retain reemployment rights with the County. Most types of services will be cumulatively counted in the computation of the five year period with the following exceptions: Service required beyond five years to complete an initial period of obligated service; 2. Service from which a person, through no fault of the person, is unable to obtain a release within the five -year limit; 3. Required training for reservists and National Guard members; 4. Service under an involuntary order to, or to be retained on, active duty during domestic emergency or national security related situations; 5. Service under an order to, or to remain on, active duty (other than for training) because of a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress; 6. Active duty (other than for training) by volunteers supporting "operational missions" for which Selected Reservists have been ordered -to active duty without their consent This exemption from the five -year limitation covers persons who are called to active duty after volunteering to support operational missions. Persons involuntarily ordered to active duty for operational missions would be covered by the fourth exemption, above; 7. Service by volunteers who are ordered to active duty in support of a "critical mission or requirement" in times other than war or national emergency and when no involuntary call up is in effect; and 8. Federal service by members of the National Guard called into action by the President to suppress an insurrection, repel an invasion, or to execute the laws of the United States. F. Application for Reemployment. Upon completion of uniformed services, an employee must notify Orange County of their intent to return to their pre - service position by either reporting to work or submitting a timely application for reemployment depending upon the length of military service as follows: 1. Service of 1 to 30 days. An employee must report to the Human Resource Department and their Supervisor by the beginning of the first regularly scheduled work period that begins on the next calendar day following completion of service, after allowance for safe travel home from the military duty location and an 8 -hour rest period. If, due to no fault of the Issue Date: 6/16/ 2010 Page 5