Return from Military Leave

kpiccoli

I have an employee that will be returning from military duty in Iraq after 14 months of service. She was employed with us for 4 months. Is she entitled to accrued vacation benefits when she returns? We allow full-time employees 5 days after 6 months of service and 10 days after 1 year of employment.

Parabeagle

Yes. She is to be reemployed and treated as if she had never left on military leave. So if your vacation leave is based upon months of service (as opposed to hours actually worked), she would be entitled to the accrued vacation. She should be treated as any other employee with 18 months of service in your company with respect to benefits, automatic wage increases (if any), etc. A good source for info is [url]www.esgr.org[/url].