Nevada Requires Civil Air Patrol Leave

The Details

Under the law, an employer must provide the following amounts of unpaid leave per federal fiscal year to a volunteer employee with Nevada’s Wing of Civil Air Patrol:

• Up to 10 workdays to train for emergency missions (including search and rescue and disaster response); or
• Up to 30 workdays to respond to an emergency mission.

Employee Notice Requirement

The law requires an employee to:

• Notify their employer of their wish to join the Civil Air Patrol as a volunteer member.
• Provide their employer with the following when they request Civil Air Patrol Leave:

Employer Notice Requirement
Excluding the covered reasons for leave, an employer that chooses not to allow an employee to participate in the activities of a reserve unit or Civil Air Patrol unit during the employee’s normal working hours must notify the employee as soon as practical after the employee requests leave.

Nonretaliation

Assembly Bill 422 prohibits employers from:

• Retaliating against an employee who exercises their right to Civil Air Patrol leave.   An employee must retain their position, seniority, accrued leave or benefits on all days they are on leave; and
• Requiring an employee to exhaust any other leave that they are entitled to before taking Civil Air Patrol leave.