Any public employee and any employee of a corporation, company, firm, or other person who is a member of the State Guard is entitled to a temporary military leave of absence without pay while engaged in military duty for purposes of military training, drills, unit training assemblies, or similar inactive duty training for not to exceed 15 calendar days annually, including time involved in going to and returning from that duty.

(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 97, Sec. 22. (AB 2193) Effective January 1, 2021.)

Terms Used In California Military and Veterans Code 395.9

  • company: when used in connection with the infantry of the National Guard. See California Military and Veterans Code 281
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Public employee: means any officer or employee of a public agency, except for those officers or employees of the state subject to the provisions of Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 19770) of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of . See California Military and Veterans Code 389
  • temporary military leave of absence: means a leave of absence from public employment to engage in ordered military duty for a period which by the order is not to exceed 180 calendar days including travel time for purposes of active military training, encampment, naval cruises, special exercises or like activity as a member of the reserve corps or force of the armed forces of the United States, or the National Guard, or the Naval Militia. See California Military and Veterans Code 389
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