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We already have a very similar situation with respect to hiring military reservists. It seems like we could use that data to see if there's really a big enough

• xyzzyz 6y ago
  Do the military reservists have to disclose to potential employers that they are reservists? How often the reservists actually called for service? This is an interesting point, and I'm asking because I have no clue about the realities the military reservists face.
  • learc83 6y ago
    There's no requirement to disclose during an interview, but most people I know depended on their time in the reserves/active duty pretty heavily on their resume, so I'd guess it was pretty rare for an employer to not know or at least suspect. Also they have have leave to train for 2 weeks per year, so the employer would need to know at some point. As for chances of being deployed, in the last decade it was probably a good bit higher than the chance that a reproductive age woman gets pregnant for a given time period. They can also end up deployed for longer than most countries paid maternity leave lasts.
    • xyzzyz 6y ago
      And I take it that when they are deployed, their employers are in some way required to guarantee them employment when they return?
      • Gibbon1 6y ago
        That is correct.