California Education Code

§ 89511

EDC § 89511 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 8 · Title 3 · Part 55 · Ch. 5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) The California State University shall grant to any employee, upon a request that provides at least 30 days notice before commencement, a leave of absence without loss of compensation for the purpose of enabling the employee to serve as an elected officer of any California State University campus public employee organization or any statewide or national public employee organization with which the university campus organization is affiliated.

(2)When possible, the employee shall provide the request described in paragraph (1) at least 30 days before the start of the academic term during which the leave will occur.

(b)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 university or a campus of the university as employer. Required retirement contributions shall include the amount necessary to pay any unfunded liability cost for the retirement plan. The employee shall earn full service credit during the leave of absence and shall pay member contributions as prescribed by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 20671) of Part 3 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The maximum amount of the service credit earned shall not exceed 12 calendar years. Any employee who serves as a full-time officer of a public employee organization shall not be eligible for disability benefits under the Public Employees’ Retirement System while on the leave of absence.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 569, Sec. 1. (AB 2294) Effective January 1, 2017.