Military Leave

Your rights and responsibilities    

• Personnel Guidelines:

  2005 Personnel Guidlines (page 48)

• The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

• Heroes Earnings and Tax Relief Act
  
  
• Forms:
• All employees who have a secondary job, including service in the military, must submit a secondary employment permit each December for the following year.
  
  
• All employees on taking military leave must also submit a copy of the orders for training or drill, with their absence request form.
  
  
• All employees who are activated for military service must provide Human Resources with the following signed forms prior to each activation.
  
  
• A copy of your activation orders.
  
  
• A copy of the completed Uniformed Services Leave Form for each activation.
  
  
• If you do not already have direct deposit, a direct deposit form must be submitted prior to activation.
  
  
• If you want to make any changes to your withdrawals, please submit a new W-4 form.
  
  
• If your activation will keep you from work during the next Wellness Assessment period, please submit a Wellness Assessment Exemption form to exempt you from the process.
  
  
• For all active military leave of absences, an up to date Power of Attorney form is needed.
  
  
• Please read, sign, date and return a Employee Notification and Acknowledgement form for each activation.
  
  
• For your information only:
  • King County Policy on Leaves of Absence and Continuation of Benefits for Uniformed Service.
    
    
  • King County Benefits for Employees Ordered to Active Duty.