4945.80 | Re-employment after Active Military Service

  1. General. The Moscow School District, consistent with the requirements of the Veterans Reemployment Rights Act 38 U.S.C. 2021, et seq. and the District’s desire to support this country’s military effort and the employees of the District who serve in its armed forces hereby declares the following as policy of the District.
  2. Rights to Re-employment. Employees of the District who are called or volunteer for active duty in the armed forces of the United States and who meet the conditions set forth herein shall whenever reasonably possible be reinstated and re-employed at their former positions which they held at the time of entering active military duty, at like seniority, status, and pay.
  3. Conditions.
    1. The employee must have left employment for the purpose of going on active duty.
    2. The employee’s term of active duty was not more than four (4) years unless the employee was required to continue involuntarily (in which case reemployment rights continue regardless of length of term of active service) or where the intended term was less than four (4) years, but the employee was required to remain on active duty for the convenience of the federal government, in which case the term of active duty may be up to five (5) years.
    3. The employee must have been discharged or released from active duty under “honorable conditions.”
    4. The employee at the time of requested employment is not physically or mentally able to perform the former duties, said employee will be re-employed by the District at some other position for which said employee is qualified, if available.
    5. The employee must have been discharged or released from active duty under "honorable conditions."
    6. The employee at the time of requested employment is not physically or mentally able to perform the former duties, said employee will be re-employed by the District at some other position for which said employee is qualified, if available.
  4. Non-reemployment. An employee returning from active service need not be re-employed if said employee fails to meet the above conditions or if circumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do so.