§ 36-5-1 - Separation pay of unclassified employees entering service.
SECTION 36-5-1
§ 36-5-1 Separation pay of unclassifiedemployees entering service. – Every employee holding a position in the unclassified service of the state, onor after August 8, 1940, who has left or shall leave that position by reason ofentering the armed forces of the United States (whether through membership inthe reserve of the United States military, air, or naval forces or in the RhodeIsland national guard or naval reserve, or by reason of enlistment, induction,commission, or otherwise) and who has held a position in the state service forone hundred eighty (180) or more calendar days within the twelve (12) monthsnext preceding that entrance into the armed forces, is entitled to and ishereby granted sixty (60) calendar days separation pay commencing with the timeof leaving that position for that purpose. Every such employee shall be paid bythe state the same amount as he would have received had he or she not beenabsent from his or her position in the unclassified service.