19-11-107. Leave status.
(a) Any employee who leaves employment in order to perform service in the uniformed services shall be treated as being on military leave of absence during the period of service in the uniformed services, provided that he applies for reemployment in accordance with this act.
(b) The employee, at his option, may use any amount or combination of his accrued annual leave, paid military leave, vacation or compensatory leave standing to his credit during the period of service in the uniformed services.
(c) The employee shall continue to accrue sick leave, annual leave, vacation leave or military leave on the same basis as he would have accrued such leave during the period of service in the uniformed services.
(d) No employer may deduct, from the compensation paid to an employee in service in the uniformed services, any cost of replacing the employee during said employee's service in the uniformed services.