Effect of Military Leave on Employee Benefits i. Company Service, Pay Seniority and all other seniority will continue to accrue as if employment were not interrupted.
Effect of Military Leave on Employee Benefits i. Company Service, Pay Seniority and all other seniority will continue to accrue as if employment were not interrupted.
ii. Employees will retain existing sick and occupational injury banks but will not accrue or acquire additional sick or occupational injury credit during the term of unpaid military leave.
iii. Vacations an employee has earned but not taken before receiving notice of induction or call to active duty need not be taken prior to military leave, in which case they will be available to the employee upon his return to work. Alternatively, an employee who does not take vacations before his leave may choose to be paid for the unused vacation time.
a) During active military service, vacations will continue to accrue in the same manner as if the employee had remained in active employment.
b) Subject to Department Head approval, reinstated employees may use any vacation earned for that calendar year at anytime after thirty (30) days of active re-employment. The Department Head may waive this thirty (30) day restriction for the convenience of the Company, or may elect to pay the employee for his vacation.
