(a) For all retirement purposes, including benefit eligibility and calculations of retirement allowances for members employed by the state that are subject to mandatory furloughs, credit for service and compensation earnable shall be based on the amount that would have been credited had the employee not been subject to mandatory furloughs.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “mandatory furloughs” means time during which a member is directed to be absent from work without pay, pursuant to Section 19849, or during which a member identified below is directed to be absent from work without pay as a consequence of an Executive order in the 2008–09, 2009–10, and 2010–11 fiscal years:
(1) A state employee subject to an Executive order requiring a mandatory furlough for state employees.
(2) A person who is excepted from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or who is an officer or employee of the executive branch of state government who is not a member of the civil service, and who is subject to an Executive order requiring a mandatory furlough for state employees.
(3) A state employee, a person who is excepted from the definition of “state employee” in subdivision (c) of Section 3513, or a person who is an officer or employee of the executive branch of state government who is not a member of the civil service, and whose employer is not under the direct executive authority of the Governor, and who is subject to a mandatory furlough imposed by his or her employer in response to encouragement in an Executive order.
(c) An employer of an employee identified in subdivision (b) shall notify the board of the terms and conditions of any mandatory furlough, including, but not limited to, the amount of mandatory furlough time imposed on employees during a reporting period and the date on which the mandatory furlough ends. The employer and the Controller shall provide any additional information as the board may require to implement this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 833, Sec. 5. (SB 987) Effective January 1, 2013.)