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Sunday, August 5, 2007
Shameful posted by Clyde 7:41 AM Saving Soldiers' Jobs For tens of thousands of members of the National Guard and reserves who are called up to serve in Iraq, returning home safely may be the beginning -- not the end -- of their worst nightmare. Reservists lucky enough to make it home often find their civilian jobs gone and face unsympathetic employers and a government that has restricted access to civilian job-loss reports rather than prosecuting offending employers. The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) protects members of the guard and reserves from job loss, demotion, loss of seniority and loss of benefits when they are called to active duty. The act is supposed to protect reservists' civilian jobs for up to five years of military service. But the government has made it difficult for veterans to enforce their legal rights. Service members who return to find their civilian jobs gone also find that the burden is on them to prove that their jobs were taken away as a result of their military service and that there is no other reason that they could have been fired. This onerous burden of proof discourages many from filing formal complaints. (link) Permalink :: 4 comments :: Post a Comment




	I know it's Sunday, but I just can't help it, I HATE THESE PEOPLE! When, when, when, will MSM report, with outrage, the lengths this administration goes to NOT support our troops. A simple failure to support is bad enough, but it looks like they are actually taking steps to harm them. Yes, not protecting their jobs is harmful. It's also illegal. It shows a level of depravity I cannot fathom. God bless our troops, God help us! posted by Dee at 9:32 AM


	I just returned from church, where I asked forgiveness for the hate my heart feels. I prayed also for the people in this administration, just as I pray for all of us, victims of their madness. Today's sermon ended with the priest saying, "Christian, remember your dignity!" Today, I will try... posted by Dee at 12:27 PM


	Personally Dee, I don't think you have anything to feel sorry about when it comes to this bunch. posted by Clyde at 3:57 PM


	This is a tough call. I retired from the military after 34 years - 24 with the reserve forces and I saw during those years the burden that extended call-ups placed on small business's that had a limited manpower to draw from but yet had a need to fill the positions of the reservists that was called up. The employer would be forced to hire and often train replacements - only to have the reservists return and demand their job under the Servicemens Act. The replacement worker would then often be released by the employer and the reservist would resume his job - only to be called up once again. In my experience I saw that the over-riding reasons for reservist miltary involvement often was the following: 1. For education benefits, which once received the reservist would often leave the employer because the job was considered a way-station and the acquired education provided a better choice. 2. Another reason that I saw for joining the reserves was preserve and add to a retirement - often a benefit that the small employer couldn't provide. 3. As a supplement for their civilian pay - as the reserves pay quite well for 4 four hour training sessions per month (Four 4 hour training sessions equal two full days per month - a weekend - and 4 days military pay per month.) 4. Cameraderie - especially for reservists that had prior active duty military service. 5. Patriotism. Ninety percent of the reasons that I saw for reservist duty fell into 1,2,3 and 4 reasons that I gave above. An argument could be made that these free-choice reasons are also self-serving and should be taken at the reservists' risk. The Servicemens Act was established during WW2 when there was a forced draft and forced disruption of lives - not a free choice membership in what is a career supplement. Small cities and counties are losing their police and fire service personnel on a regular basis to these call-ups and are forced by the public need to fill the positions and often still pay part of the reservists pay and/or benefits. Small employers are going bankrupt because of the periodic loss of their trained personnel. If the Servicemens Act is still considered a necessity today - then it should be re-written in such a way that our tax dollars help support the entities and employers that are negatively affected by the military call-ups. posted by Anonymous at 5:58 PM