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Service requirements. Even employers who are vets are terrified of this one. Hire a guy, he gets deployed just a week after he starts, you have to keep his se
by jstewartmobile 9y ago
Service requirements. Even employers who are vets are terrified of this one. Hire a guy, he gets deployed just a week after he starts, you have to keep his seat warm, then when he's back several months later he's taken a job somewhere else...
- humanrebar 9y agoIs there insurance for this sort of thing? Seems like an external risk that needs to be mitigated somehow.
- jstewartmobile 9y agoThere are alternative risk markets where you can get insured for just about anything, but it's still a cost that gets disproportionately shouldered by employers of young men.
- wolfgke 9y agoJust reduce the salary for reservists by the amount that "his/her" insurance costs.
- humanrebar 9y agoI am not a lawyer, but that doesn't sound legal: "Additionally, discrimination against employees on the basis of past, current, or intended military service is prohibited. As with other types of discrimination, this applies to hiring and firing decisions; compensation and benefits; and other employment decisions." http://military.findlaw.com/family-employment-housing/what-is-military-employment-discrimination.html http://military.findlaw.com/family-employment-housing/what-i... ...so the best solution from an employer perspective is to enter a risk pool that distributes the risk. Being a big enough employer solves that problem, but there should theoretically be pools for smaller employers to join as well. I wasn't aware if that was the case, which is why I was asking.
- lostboys67 9y agoIsn't that illegal? I worked for one company that sponsored a TA signals unit - I suppose they though experience as a RSM running a royal signals unit in the gulf war II was good management experience