USERRA, UPDATE
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 05-05-04 AT 04:38PM (CST)[/font][br][br][font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 05-05-04 AT 04:36 PM (CST)[/font]
Good afternoon to all HRs, I have just completed a telephone conversation with our last of two return IRAQ warriors and I am happy to up-date every one that the transition this time was easy for the first soldier who was a truck driver, he was released one day and within a week back on the clock with us and with his 4 weeks vacation, 7 holidays, and 96 HOURS of sick days not used last year paid out. He was also still on leave time of 30 days with the military. Next week he gets married and will take another week of vacation off from the company and we are happy for him.
The other soldier developed a medical condition that had to be taken care of prior to returning to work, he notified me that he will be completely released on the 21st and will be ready to slip back into his Manager position on the 24 of May. He will collect 4 weeks vacation and two weeks sick time, unfortunately no manager gets Holiday pay so he will not be entitled to that money.
The 25th day of May will be very important to us all. The company is better for it and glad we could serve, as he also was glad to serve, but he has told me he will retire from the National Guard as soon as possible, for the unit will most likely go back again in the year 2006. If it does it will be without his smiling face.
We replaced him as a manager with an Manager in Training, who has done well and we are going to either take out a weaker manager or promote our soldier to a higher level of manager.
Hope the rest of you are able to thank the Lord for the many Blessed days provided to your company like ours. Now, we will really EAT more BBQed PORK as we celebrate their return!
PORK
Good afternoon to all HRs, I have just completed a telephone conversation with our last of two return IRAQ warriors and I am happy to up-date every one that the transition this time was easy for the first soldier who was a truck driver, he was released one day and within a week back on the clock with us and with his 4 weeks vacation, 7 holidays, and 96 HOURS of sick days not used last year paid out. He was also still on leave time of 30 days with the military. Next week he gets married and will take another week of vacation off from the company and we are happy for him.
The other soldier developed a medical condition that had to be taken care of prior to returning to work, he notified me that he will be completely released on the 21st and will be ready to slip back into his Manager position on the 24 of May. He will collect 4 weeks vacation and two weeks sick time, unfortunately no manager gets Holiday pay so he will not be entitled to that money.
The 25th day of May will be very important to us all. The company is better for it and glad we could serve, as he also was glad to serve, but he has told me he will retire from the National Guard as soon as possible, for the unit will most likely go back again in the year 2006. If it does it will be without his smiling face.
We replaced him as a manager with an Manager in Training, who has done well and we are going to either take out a weaker manager or promote our soldier to a higher level of manager.
Hope the rest of you are able to thank the Lord for the many Blessed days provided to your company like ours. Now, we will really EAT more BBQed PORK as we celebrate their return!
PORK
Comments
Glad your reservists are back. Our news here is reporting on a local Guard unit that got back two months ago and some workers were just settling back into civilian life when - surprise! - they have been given a heads-up to expect orders to return to the sandbox within the week.
This is certainly a very challenging time for employers that I expect will produce many, many USERRA compliance experts among us.
Silly Beag: Remember, here in the Northwest the Snowy Plover and Spotted Owl are "the other white meat". x;)
My Farm Manager/soldier, had a problem with his DD-214 and his medical issue. The Army released him from Fort Campbell, KY and told him to go home and get a physician to fix it and the military would cover it. Which is correct; however, they failed to tell him that he would have to use his personal leave time during this medical situation. His medical issue was a medical disqualification issue with us so he had to get it fixed. We could not let him start back to work with an acknowledged medical disqualifing factor; therefore, he had to get it fixed, which he did. He should not have left Ft. Campbell with the rest of the unit, but he did and now he wants the US ARMY to fix his DD214 to reflect the medical leave period verses personal leave which would be MONEY to him. We can not put him back to work based on his personal physician's release, he can only be reased by a military physician procedure. We want him back yesterday, but it looks like we must wait until May 24, 2004.
I have been given three different USERRA cases, the first we are hoping for a withdrawal of the law suite. The 2nd one went very smoothly, but I know he is looking a higher paying position and possibly doing something finer than hauling medium size "pigs". Now that he has collected all of the benefits and we are square with USERRA, he is looking to leave us for greenier pastures. He has "HOG BLOOD" AND IS JUST LIKE THEM ALL, LOOKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE FOR GREENIER GRASSES OR MUD TO WADDLE IN. THE 3RD IS MY MANAGER CASE. His case made me dig out the regulation and read the details, to figure out the times and effects of a medical issue.
May we all have a Blessed day, our country and the good service men/women of our armed forces need a whole bunch, these days.
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