Cal. EDC § 22708
This is the official text of Cal. EDC § 22708, part of California’s Education Code — governs public schools, community colleges, and universities in California.
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(a) The calculations of retirement allowances under this part for state employees in the personal leave program shall include credit for service that would have been credited had the employee not been in the personal leave program. The costs that result from the increased service credit shall be paid for by the employer in a manner prescribed by the system.
(b) The calculations of a retirement allowance under this part for a state employee subject to mandatory furloughs shall include earnings, contributions, and annualized pay rates that would have been reported had the employee not been subject to mandatory furloughs. The employer shall pay the cost of the increased service credit that results from these inclusions in a manner prescribed by the system pursuant to Section 22909.
(c) For purposes of subdivision (b), “mandatory furloughs” means time during which a member identified below is directed to be absent from work without pay because of an Executive order in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 fiscal years:
(1) A person subject to an Executive order requiring a mandatory furlough for state employees.
(2) A person who is excepted from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or who is an officer or employee of the executive branch of state government who is not a member of the civil service, and who is subject to an Executive order requiring a mandatory furlough for state employees.
(b) The calculations of a retirement allowance under this part for a state employee subject to mandatory furloughs shall include earnings, contributions, and annualized pay rates that would have been reported had the employee not been subject to mandatory furloughs. The employer shall pay the cost of the increased service credit that results from these inclusions in a manner prescribed by the system pursuant to Section 22909.
(c) For purposes of subdivision (b), “mandatory furloughs” means time during which a member identified below is directed to be absent from work without pay because of an Executive order in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 fiscal years:
(1) A person subject to an Executive order requiring a mandatory furlough for state employees.
(2) A person who is excepted from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or who is an officer or employee of the executive branch of state government who is not a member of the civil service, and who is subject to an Executive order requiring a mandatory furlough for state employees.
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