Military leave.
St. Louis Revised Code § 4.10.200
in effect4.10.200 - Military leave.
The City of St. Louis will follow all applicable state and federal laws on the granting of military leave and reemployment rights.
Each employee is required to give advance notice (at least thirty (30) days prior to departure when feasible), preferably in writing, of service obligation or intention to perform services in the uniformed services, unless such notice is prevented by military necessity, as determined by a designated authority, or impossible or unreasonable under all of the circumstances.
Upon the expiration of military leave of absence, the employee shall be reinstated to the class of position he/she occupied at the time the leave was granted without breaking continuity of service. Failure of an employee to report for duty within the time pursuant to state or federal law shall be just cause for dismissal. The employee's accumulated leave balance(s) shall be restored to the employee upon his/her return.
Full-time, permanent employees paid a bi-weekly rate of pay who are called to active duty as a member of the National Guard or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States and who are placed on a military leave of absence will be granted compensation in the amount to offset the difference between the employee's gross bi-weekly pay with the City and his/her total military pay plus allowances if such military pay and allowances is less than the employee's regular gross bi-weekly rate of pay and subject to submission of documentation as required by the Director of Personnel.
(Ord. No. 71963, § 20, 2-11-2025; Ord. No. 71686, § 20, 6-28-2023; Ord. No. 71512, § 20, 6-16-2022; Ord. No. 71099, § 20, 2-27-2020.)
Source: City of St. Louis, Missouri, Revised Code of the City of Saint Louis, 2020, Annotated, and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/st._louis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT4PE_CH4.10CLSEPL_4.10.200MILEFetched: 11/1/2026