All Rights Reserved. To help military reservists and their civilian employers understand and comply with employment laws when employees are called away from their jobs, CCH offers the reminders below and notes that now is the time for companies to review their military leave and reemployment rights policies. Federal military leave law.
State military leave laws.
All states, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, have laws regulating military leave. Eligibility for leave. Employees are eligible to take military leave if they, or an appropriate military officer, gives advance written or oral notice to the employer of the employee's military service. No notice is required if doing so is impossible or unreasonable because of military necessity or other legitimate reasons. Written proof of the need to take military leave cannot be required to grant leave.