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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
ALIGNING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY SERVICE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that CHAPTER 44 HUMAN RESOURCES, ARTICLE III VACATION AND SICK LEAVE, SECTION NUMBER(S) 44-95, 44-97, 44-101, 44-102, AND ARTICLE IV PENSIONS, SECTION NUMBER 44-132 of the Cook County Code are hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 44-95. - Military l Leave. All eligible employees under the jurisdiction of County Officers on an authorized military leave shall be afforded employment related protections and benefits, in accordance with State and Federal law, provided that any procedural requirements imposed by the applicable employing County officer have been met.
(a) Military Service Leave. Any eligible full-time or part-time County employee who has at least six months or more of continuous actual is called to perform uniformed services, whether in the reserves or on active duty, service and is a member of the Illinois National Guard or any of the Reserve Components of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be entitled to leave of absence with full pay for limited service in field training, cruises, and kindred recurring obligations employment related protections and benefits, in accordance with State and Federal law, provided that any procedural requirements imposed by the County have been met. Such leave will normally be limited to 15 days in each year. Subject to certain exceptions under the applicable laws, these benefits are generally limited to five (5) years of leave of absence.
(b) Family Military Leave. In accordance with the Illinois Family Military Leave Act, 820 ILCS 151/1, et seq., the County provides eligible employees with up to 30 days of unpaid family military leave during the time federal or state deployment orders are in effect, provided that such employee has exhausted all accrued vacation leave, personal leave, compensatory leave and any other leave granted to...
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