ST02 Alaska (December 2007; Updated August 2010 - no changes to law)
1.18: USERRA and Other Laws
2.0: Paid Leave

Paid Military Leave for Public Employees in Alaska

By CAPT Samuel F. Wright, JAGC, USN (Ret.)

Alaska law provides as follows concerning paid military leave for employees of the state and its political subdivisions:

"An employee of the state, or a political subdivision, with the approval of the city council or borough assembly, who is a member of a reserve or auxiliary component of the United States armed forces is entitled to a leave of absence without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating on all days during which the employee is ordered to training duty, as distinguished from active duty, with troops or at field exercises, or for instruction, or when under direct military control in the performance of a search and rescue mission. The leave of absence may not exceed 16 1/2 working days in any 12-month period.

"If an employee is called to active duty by the governor, an employee otherwise qualified under (a) of this section is entitled to five days leave of absence without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating. (Alaska Statutes, section 39.20.340.)

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