CA Codes (lab:1500-1507)LABOR CODE
SECTION 1500-1507
1500. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Civil Air
Patrol Employment Protection Act.
1501. In this part, the following terms have the following
meanings:
(a) "Civil Air Patrol leave" means leave requested by an employee
who is a volunteer member of the California Wing of the civilian
auxiliary of the United States Air Force commonly known as the Civil
Air Patrol and who has been duly directed and authorized by the
United States Air Force, the California Emergency Management Agency,
or other political subdivision of the State of California that has
the authority to authorize an emergency operational mission of the
California Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, to respond to an emergency
operational mission, within or outside of the state, of the
California Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
(b) "Employee" means a person who may be permitted, required, or
directed by an employer for wages or pay to engage in any employment
and who has been employed by that employer for at least a 90-day
period immediately preceding the commencement of leave, if otherwise
eligible for leave.
(c) "Employee benefits" means all benefits, other than salary and
wages, provided or made available to an employee by an employer and
includes group life insurance, health insurance, disability
insurance, and pensions, regardless of whether benefits are provided
by a policy or practice of an employer.
(d) "Employer" means any person, partnership, corporation,
association, or other business entity; or the State of California, a
municipality, or other unit of local government; that employs more
than 15 employees.
1502. An employer shall not discriminate against or discharge from
employment a member of the Civil Air Patrol because of such
membership and shall not hinder or prevent a member from performing
service as part of the California Wing of the Civil Air Patrol during
an emergency operational mission of the California Wing of the Civil
Air Patrol for which a member is entitled to leave under this part.
1503. (a) (1) An employer shall provide not less than 10 days per
calendar year of unpaid Civil Air Patrol leave to an employee
responding to an emergency operational mission of the California Wing
of the Civil Air Patrol. Civil Air Patrol leave for a single
emergency operational mission shall not exceed three days, unless an
extension of time is granted by the governmental entity that
authorized the emergency operational mission, and the extension of
the leave is approved by the employer.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an employer is not re
