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Originally posted by aephi alum
Side question: Are there any laws about keeping people's jobs open if they are called to serve? e.g. if I am an employer and one of my employees is sent to Iraq for a year, do I have to keep his job open for when he returns? (I'm thinking of GP's friend as well as everyone else in this situation.)
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Here's a link to findlaw.com
http://biz.findlaw.com/employment_em...AB7E30AAA.html
Here's the part about military service:
Military Leave
Almost every state has a law prohibiting discrimination against those in the military, reserve, state militia or National Guard. Most states require employers to grant leave to employees for certain types of military service. Some states require leave only for those employees called to active duty; other states require leave for those called for training, as well. This leave is generally unpaid, although some states provide paid leave for public employees.
When an employee takes military leave, you must usually re-employ him or her without any loss of benefits, status or reduction in pay. These re-employment guarantees vary from state to state and usually contain a number of additional conditions. Typical restrictions include:
The employee must not have been dishonorably discharged
The employee must present proof that he or she has satisfactorily completed service
The employee must request reinstatement within a specified time
If the employee is not able to do the job formerly held, you must offer an appropriate substitute position, and
You need not reinstate the employee if changes in the workforce make reinstatement unreasonable.