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MILITARY LEAVE:
4.34 General Provisions: Subject to approval of the Commissioners Court, and after submitting
appropriate orders from the concerned military branch, an employee with regular status may receive
his or her regular full compensation during periods of active duty within the limitations of paragraph
4.35; provided, however, that these Rules shall be interpreted and applied so as to be in full
compliance with any applicable provisions imposed by USERRA or any other applicable state or
federal law.
4.35 Military Leave Limitation:
a. Compensation for military leave will be limited to:
1. required attendance in activities of various branches of the armed forces of the
United States;
2. the minimum time frame required by state and federal laws per year unless exception
to this is specifically approved by the Commissioners Court for good cause related
to appropriate military orders.
b. Compensation for military leave will not be allowed:
1. for volunteer duty;
2. for any period in excess of three weeks during any one calendar year unless
specifically approved by the Commissioners Court.
FUNERAL LEAVE:
4.36 Allowance. Employees shall be entitled to paid funeral leave while arranging for or attending
the funeral of a member of the immediate family which includes the spouse, child, parent,
grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of either the employee or his/her spouse.
4.37 Limits. Funeral leave shall not exceed two days per occurrence.
COMPENSATORY TIME OFF:
4.38 Compensatory time may be taken in conjunction with leave but must be requested by the
employee on a NCF-1, and same must be approved by the appointing authority.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE:
4.39 In accordance with the provisions of the "FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA)
OF 1993", an eligible county employee will be entitled to twelve (12) workweeks of "unpaid" leave
under the following conditions:
a. To qualify for the provisions of this sub-section (4.39), an "eligible county employee" is
one who has been employed by the county for not less than twelve (12) months and must
have served not less than 1,250 hours during the previous twelve (12) month period.
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Approved by Commissioners Court on January _____, 2013