§ 36-5-1. Separation pay of unclassified employees entering service.
Every employee holding a position in the unclassified service of the state, on or after August 8, 1940, who has left or shall leave that position by reason of entering the armed forces of the United States (whether through membership in the reserve of the United States military, air, or naval forces or in the Rhode Island national guard or naval reserve, or by reason of enlistment, induction, commission, or otherwise) and who has held a position in the state service for one hundred eighty (180) or more calendar days within the twelve (12) months next preceding that entrance into the armed forces, is entitled to and is hereby granted sixty (60) calendar days separation pay commencing with the time of leaving that position for that purpose. Every such employee shall be paid by the state the same amount as he would have received had he or she not been absent from his or her position in the unclassified service.
History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1320, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-5-1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 36-5 - Military Service and Veterans
Section 36-5-1. - Separation pay of unclassified employees entering service.
Section 36-5-2.1. - Rights of employees entering service to maintain health care benefits.
Section 36-5-3. - Retirement or pension credit for period in military service.
Section 36-5-4. - Retirement credit provision supplementary.
Section 36-5-5. - Examinations for veterans’ employment representatives.
Section 36-5-6. - Veterans’ point credits.
Section 36-5-7. - State employees — Veterans.
Section 36-5-8. - State employment tenure for disabled veterans.