Delaware State Employee Leave for Military Duty

Delaware Department of Human Resources, through your agency human resources office

112.5 or 120 hours of paid military leave per calendar year, depending on your work week

As a Delaware State Merit Employee in the National Guard or Reserves you get paid military leave for training or special duty ordered during your work hours: 112.5 hours a year on a 37.5 hour week, or 120 hours a year on a 40 hour week. The allowance accrues at the start of each calendar year and is pro-rated if you work part time. Once you use it up you can take unpaid leave or ask to use annual leave. If you enter active duty, you get a leave of absence for the length of your active duty service plus 90 calendar days after discharge.

Check eligibility

How to apply

Give your agency’s human resources office a copy of your military orders and request military leave.

What you'll need

Your orders for training, special duty training or active duty.

Eligibility

You are a Delaware State Merit Employee who has completed the initial probationary period for full-time employment
You are serving in the National Guard or the U.S. Armed Forces Reserves, or you are entering active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces
If you are claiming paid military leave, you have orders to attend training or special duty training during your scheduled work hours

Source

Official source

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