Note: The materials posted here are for employees who enrolled in the EMBP on or after 12/8/06. Employees who enrolled before 12/8/06 should contact their agency for more detailed information.
The Extended Military Benefits Package (EMBP) was created to ease, as much as reasonably possible, any financial disruption for City of New York employees and their families which may be caused by long-term military duty connected with the events of September 11, 2001.
The EMBP is a voluntary program, under which City employees serving ordered military duty in covered military operations can choose to remain on their agency's payroll in active pay status while they are deployed, beyond the statutory entitlement provided under State law. By remaining on payroll, participants in the EMBP receive their full City salaries, accrue annual leave and sick leave, receive full health insurance benefits, and have welfare fund contributions made on their behalf while serving in the military. Upon returning to their City jobs after completing their military service, participants must repay the City of New York either the military pay or City salary received during deployment, whichever is less.
