Military Leave

Cal Poly Pomona employees are entitled to a military leave pursuant to the provisions below.

• Emergency Leave: A National Guard member ordered to active duty during a proclaimed state or national emergency is entitled to military leave for the duration of the emergency including going to and returning from such duty (M&V 395.05). 
• Temporary Leave: A reservist or National Guard member or member of the Naval Militia ordered to temporary active military training, inactive duty training, encampment, naval cruises, special exercises or like activity, is entitled to military leave for the duration of ordered duty up to 180 calendar days, including time involved in going to and returning from that duty (M&V 395(a)). 
• Indefinite Leave: Indefinite military leave may be granted whenever the United States is engaged in war or whenever the Governor finds and proclaims that an emergency exists in preparing for the national defense. Leave is granted to any who enter the armed forces of the United States for the duration of the war or until the emergency no longer exists, in addition to 90 days thereafter (M&V 395.4).

• Emergency Military Leave: Following this type of leave, the employee has the right to return to the position held at the time the leave began without loss or diminution of vacation or holiday privilege or promotion (M&V 395.05). 
• Temporary Military Leave: Following this type of leave, the employee has the right to return to the position held at the time the leave was granted. If the position no longer exists, the employee must be reinstated to a position of comparable seniority, status and pay. If such a position does not exist, the employee shall have the same rights and privileges that he/she would have had if he/she occupied the position when it ceased to exist (M&V 395(c)). 
• Indefinite Military Leave: Following this type of leave, the employee has the right to return to his/her position within six months of termination (under conditions other than dishonorable) of active service with the armed forces. However, the employee is not entitled to sick leave or vacation during the period of the leave. Termination of active service must not be later than six months following the end of the war or national emergency. Further, the right to return expires if the employee fails to return within 12 months after the first date upon which he/she could terminate his or her active military service. If drafted, however, the employee may volunatrily complete the period of duty without penalty. The employee also may return during terminal leave from the armed forces and prior to discharge, separation, or release therefrom. An employee whose positionn has ceased to exist during the leave must be reinstated in a comparable position of one exists, or in a comparable vacancy for which the employee is qualified (M&V 395.1).
• Resignation: Following resignation to serve in the armed forces, employees have the right to return to employment prior to the date their CSU employment would have ended had they not resigned. They must notify the campus President in writing of their intention to return within six months of the termination of active service, and they must return within 12 months after the first date they could have terminated their active service (M&V 395.3).