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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Civil Service FR/SRCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: FROM : Daniel J. Alfonso City Manager Tishria L. Mindfngall Executive Secretary Civil Service Board DATE : April 7, 2014 SUBJECT: FILE : Amendment to Civil Service Rules & Regulations/City Code REFERENCES: ENCLOSURES: Due to amendments enacted by the Florida Legislature, Florida Statute 115.07 was revised to allow for Military Training leave of up to 240 working hours per annual period. This is an increase from the 17 days previously allowed. Therefore, at the Civil Service Board meeting held October 1, 2013, the Civil Service Rules & Regulations 15.9 (Military Training) was amended by the Board in the following manner: Sec. 15.9. Military Training Leave. (a) All employees of the City of Miami who are either Reserve Officers or Enlisted Personnel in the Florida Defense Force, the National Guard, Naval Militia, Marine Corps, Unorganized Militia, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Naval, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, U.S. Air Force Reserve, or Officers or Enlisted Personnel in any other class of the Militia, shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties without loss of pay, time, efficiency rating, or Civil Service Seniority Credits on all days during which they shall be engaged in field or Coast Guard defense exercises or other training ordered under the provisions of the U.S. Military or Naval Training Regulations or under the provisions of the Florida Defense Force or the National Guard; provided that leaves of absence granted as a matter of legal right under the provisions of this subsection shall not exceed seventeen consecutive days in any one calendar year. the provisions cited in Florida State Statute 115.07. (b) Requests for military leave shall be made as early as possible but at least two weeks prior to the date such leave is desired. (c) Employees who take the military leave provided in subsection 15.9 hereof shall be credited with that time on their seniority status, in the City of Miami Civil Service records. It is hereby requested that the amendment to Rule 15.9 of the Civil Service Rules & Regulations, and City Code, Sec. 40-113 be approved by the City Commission to conform to the Florida State Statutes. /TM