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(Total Military Differential Pay for Month Divided by Total Hourly Rate. If the Total Hourly Rate changed during the month, divide by the Total Hourly Rate in effect on the ‘Monthly Period Covered To’ date.)
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Determining the rate of both military pay and state pay. Example: Employee earns $2,000 per month on active duty (excluding pay provided while serving in a combat zone, hardship duty pay, and family separation pay).
When an agency has obtained the eligible employee-reservist’s monthly military LESs and determined the employee-reservist’s civilian tour of duty, leave use information, and initial and projected civilian basic pay, the reservist differential may be calculated.
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- Objective
- Policy Statement
- Calculating Military Salary Differential
- Monthly Total Gross Earnings
- All Other Earnings
- Three Full Months
- Recalculating the Differential Amount with Pay Changes in State Job or with Military Pay
- Duration of Military Salary Differential
- Two-year Deadline
- V. Health and Dental Coverage
- Employees are responsible for:
- MMB is responsible for:
- FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS
State and federal law provide protections to employees on leave for military duty. As employees are called for and return from military service, employers must ensure compliance with these laws.
State agencies must calculate and pay military salary differential to eligible state employees for each month or portion of month that the person is ordered to serve in active service. An eligible state employee may apply for military salary differential no later than two years after completion of active service.
Agencies shall pay each eligible member an amount equal to their salary differential for each month or part of a month in which they are ordered to active service. "Salary differential" is the difference between “A” and “B” below: The member’s monthly total gross earnings as an active state employee over the preceding three full calendar months o...
To determine monthly total gross earnings, review the employee’s timesheets and calculate earnings for each paid day that month. Use actual hours worked / recorded; do not assume a non-exempt employee worked 8 hours per day unless that is what is reflected on the employee’s timesheet.
Refer to the military salary differential earnings code determinations for determination of what must be included or excluded from total gross earnings.
Three full months means three full calendar months prior to when active service begins, and it includes any months with periods of paid or unpaid leave. For example, if an employee begins active service on April 15, the agency should average the monthly total gross earnings of the months of January, February, and March (even if the employee spent t...
All across-the-board increases that an individual would otherwise have received if they were not on military leave will change the rate of military differential owed. Agencies should recalculate pay when either amount changes, and pay any state-pay changes retroactively when retroactive provisions of the contracts are ratified. Pay increases should...
Employees are eligible for military pay differential for up to four years from the date the employee reported for active service, plus any additional time the employee may be legally required to serve.
An eligible state employee may apply for military salary differential no later than two years after completion of the active service for which they are requesting the payment.
The employing state agency must continue the employee's enrollment in health and dental coverage, and the employer contribution toward that coverage, until the employee reports for active service. If the employee had elected dependent coverage for health or dental coverage as of the time that the employee reported for active service, the agency mus...
Upon being ordered to active service, the employee must notify their employing agency of that order in a timely manner and must provide to the agency the name of and contact information for the employee’s designated attorney-in-fact under a power of attorney. If able to do so, employees must provide documentation of their monthly base pay in acti...
Updating this policy as necessary. Updating the Military Differential Earnings Code Determinations
Military Salary Differential Earnings Code Determinations
A: USERRA gives you the right to unpaid but job-protected military leave from your civilian job for voluntary or involuntary “service in the uniformed services.” That phrase is broadly defined in section 4303(13) of USERRA, as follows: The term “service in the uniformed services” means the performance of duty on a
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What Is Differential Pay and How Is Differential Pay Calculated? Differential pay is compensation from your employer that makes up the difference between what you earn in military service and what you would have earned during the same period in your job.
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What is a reservist differential? A payment made to eligible Federal civilian employees who are members of the Reserve or National Guard during periods when they are called or ordered to active duty under certain specified provisions of law.
