Kathy Balodis, her daughters Anna, 7, (left) and Kayla, 9, and their dog MeShoo with their belongings packed for a move to a new home GARY GAYNOR/Tucson Citizen
Posted on 03/15/2003 2:43:38 PM PST by gtech
A federal lawsuit alleges Pep Boys fired a store manager because of his military obligation.
Automotive supply chain Pep Boys fired a Tucson store manager because his military Reserve duties took him away from work, according to a federal lawsuit filed here.
It may not be an isolated case. Several other reservists fired from Pep Boys in Tucson and Pennsylvania have contacted a military advocacy group with similar complaints.
Pep Boys' Tucson attorney, Todd E. Hale, declined to comment on the lawsuit, citing company policy not to discuss ongoing legal cases.
Rest of the story: http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/business/3_15_03reservist.html
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I think so.
Bet W gets involved in this some way.
The only loophole I found from the following link, http://www.esgr.org/employers/thelaw.asp is the following: Notice. Under USERRA, you (or an officer from your command) must give your employer advance notice (either written or verbal) of upcoming military service of any type. Otherwise, you will not be eligible for reemployment protection following the period of military service. The only exceptions to the notification requirement would be if the giving of notice is precluded by military necessity (e.g. a classified recall) or if it is otherwise impossible or unreasonable to give notice. These exceptions to the notice requirement are expected to be very rare. Your best course of action is to give as much advance notice to your employer as possible. For an example of a notice letter from a commanding officer (in MS Word format), click here. I'm sure that Pep Boy's was given plenty of warning.
I had heard the same about WalMart...but the problem there is that the military pay probably exceeds Wally World's.
Innocent until proven guilty! Let's see what the jury says.
Kathy Balodis, her daughters Anna, 7, (left) and Kayla, 9, and their dog MeShoo with their belongings packed for a move to a new home GARY GAYNOR/Tucson Citizen
Erik Balodis (right), a Naval reservist from Tucson, receives an award for his work in the military. He is now stationed in South Korea. Photo courtesy of Balodis family
The problem goes far beyond individual workers and individual companies. For several decades, liberals have been united in their efforts to destroy our economy and our middle-class lifestyles, along with the values which made this country the greatest on Earth.
If America is to survive as a nation, America has to stop financing companies, individuals, and institutions that are anti-American, period. If no other good were to come from this and other wars, it is helpful to know who our enemies are here at home. These people are not simply "misguided" or "of a different opinion"; they are enemies, plain and simple, of freedom and everything else we value.
More importantly, it is imperative that Americans do not forget.
You won't be for long if you do. After the third or fourth time you find yourself standing at the counter waiting for help while the clerk is literally standing two feet away from you in a personal conversation with a friend for five solid minutes without even acknowledging your existence, you'll be boycotting again.
A year or so ago I went in there and bought $800 worth of products. Then I went to two different counters in two different departments the next day while trying to buy a couple of things I'd forgotten the day before, and got the attitudes I just described. I literally tossed my intended purchases onto the floor in front of the second counter (nothing breakable, I just wanted to make them pick it up), went home, gathered up all $800 worth of merchandise (all of which had been opened and used, heh heh) and went right back to Sears, walked right into the managers' office, and put it all on her desk and made her pay me back every penny IN CASH, telling her if she didn't, I was leaving the items on her desk, going home and calling my credit card company to inform them all products had been returned as defective, and the I was calling the CEO's office that evening and naming every name. She had to clean out three different cash registers to get rid of me. And a cursory inspection of the jerk counters around the same time of day a week later showed no sign of the workers that had snubbed me.
God, that felt good. And if just goes to show that if you treat them like they treat you, you can really make them pay for their actions.
LOL! Zing!
Bravo, bravo, and bravo!
The quick wit of freepers never ceases to amaze (and entertain) me.
The Federal law is clear. Anywhere, any time,for any reason, with a life time limit of 5 years total. Problems occur because the various states also have vetern re-employment laws which in many cases are much weaker than the Federal code. Employers tend to be familiar with their state laws rather than the federal regs. (heck, they are business owners, not lawyers).
I expect alot of these problems will go away in the future now that everyone has had a good look at what being a Reservist really means.
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