Section 88210 Of Article 6. Resignations And Leaves Of Absence From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 51. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 6.
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. (a) (1) The governing board of a community college district
shall grant to a classified employee, upon request, a leave of
absence without loss of compensation for the purpose of enabling the
employee to serve as an elected officer of a local community college
district public employee organization, or of a statewide or national
public employee organization with which the local organization is
affiliated.
(2) The leave shall include, but is not limited to, absence for
purposes of attendance by the employee at periodic, stated, special,
or regular meetings of the body of the organization on which the
employee serves as an officer. Compensation during the leave shall
include retirement fund contributions required of the community
college district employer. The employee shall earn full service
credit during the leave of absence and shall pay member contributions
as prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 20677 of the Government
Code. The maximum amount of the service credit earned shall not
exceed 12 years.
(b) Upon request of a recognized local community college district
public employee organization, or a statewide or national public
employee organization with which the local organization is
affiliated, the governing board of a community college district shall
grant a leave of absence, without loss of compensation, to a
reasonable number of unelected classified employees for the purpose
of enabling an employee to attend important organizational activities
authorized by the public employee organization. Compensation during
the leave shall include retirement fund contributions required of the
community college district as employer. The employee shall earn full
service credit during the leave of absence and shall pay member
contributions as prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 20677 of
the Government Code. The maximum amount of the service credit earned
shall not exceed 12 years.
(c) Following the community college district's payment of the
employee for the leave of absence, the community college district
shall be reimbursed by the employee organization of which the
employee is an elected officer or an unelected member for all
compensation paid the employee on account of the leave. Reimbursement
by the employee organization shall be made within 10 days after its
receipt of the community college district's certification of payment
of compensation to the employee.
(d) The leave of absence without loss of compensation provided for
by this section is in addition to the released time without loss of
compensation granted to representatives of an exclusive
representative by subdivision (c) of Section 3543.1 of the Government
Code.
(e) The representing employee organization shall provide
reasonable notification to the employer requesting a leave of absence
without loss of compensation pursuant to subdivision (a).
(f) (1) A classified employee who after August 31, 1987, was
absent on account of elected-officer service, shall receive full
service credit in the Public Employees' Retirement System; provided
that, not later than April 30, 1988, both of the following conditions
are met:
(A) The employee makes a written request to the employer for a
leave of absence for the period of the elected-officer service.
(B) The employee organization of which the employee is an elected
officer pays to the employee's community college district an amount
equal to the required Public Employees' Retirement System member and
employer retirement contributions, as prescribed by this section.
(2) The community college district, following the written request
and payment, shall transmit the amount received to the Public
Employees' Retirement System, informing it of the period of the
employee's leave of absence. The Public Employees' Retirement System
shall credit the employee with all service credit earned for the
period of the elected-officer leave of absence.
(3) If the employee has been compensated by the community college
district for the period of the service, then, as a condition to the
employee's entitlement to service credit for the period, the
community college district shall be reimbursed by the employee
organization for the amount of the compensation.
(4) The provisions of this subdivision shall apply retroactively
to all service as an elected officer in a public employee
organization occurring after August 31, 1987.
(g) This section shall not apply to an employee who is subject to
a collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides for a leave
of absence without loss of compensation for participation in
authorized activities as an elected officer or an unelected member of
the public employee organization.