Schampier v. Office of General Services

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered June 5, 1979 in Albany County, which granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and declared that subdivision 5 of section 242 of the Military Law entitles public employees to 30 working days of paid military leave during a calendar year. We are here concerned solely with an interpretation of subdivision 5 of section 242 of the Military Law, the pertinent part of which reads as follows: "Every public officer or employee shall be paid his salary or other compensation * * * for any and all periods of absence while engaged…