Military Leave - Time Limits for Reinstatement
The time limits for reinstatement depend on your status at the time the State granted you military leave.
After short-term military leave (six months or less)
If you're a limited-term or temporary State employee ordered to active duty military service for:
- 30 days or less: You must return to State service within 10 calendar days after the end of your military leave or within 30 calendar days after any rehabilitation afforded by the US or the State following military service (GC 19782 and Federal Statute 4312, Title 38).
- more than 30 days but less than 180 days: You must return to State service within 14 calendar days after the end of your military leave or within 30 calendar days after any period of rehabilitation afforded by the United States or the State following military service (GC 19782 and Federal Statute 4312, Title 38).
If you're a permanent or probationary State employee, you must return to State service within 14 calendar days after the end of your military leave, following any period of rehabilitation afforded by the United States or after the termination of the State military emergency ordered by the Governor (Federal Statute 4312, Title 38).
After long-term military leave (more than six months)
If you're a permanent, probationary, or exempt State employee, and you want to return to your job after your long-term military leave, you should contact your department upon release from active duty to request reinstatement.
You must return to State service within six months after the end of your long-term military service. Your military service can't extend beyond five years except under special circumstances (CG 19780).
After emergency military leave
If you're a permanent or probationary State employee, you must return to State service within 14 calendar days after the end of your military leave, following any period of rehabilitation afforded by the United States or the State, or after termination of the State military emergency ordered by the Governor.
If you're a limited-term or temporary State employee, you must return to State service within 10 calendar days after the end of your military leave, or 30 calendar days after the end of the State military emergency ordered by the Governor.
You're not paid for the time between your release from active military duty and your reinstatement to State service, unless an election is made to receive pay.
