Evening star., 1945-09-30

turn to their old jobs. Congress has
given the men unemployment rights
Selective Service has interpreted
those rights to spread the benefits
over the largest group of veterans.
Rules do not cover some cases and
these will have to be decided by
negotiation between employer and
veteran assisted by the SelectlVe
Service e-employment committee
manor by court ruling.
Following are some of the high
lights of the Selective Service in
depreciation. drawn from the new
veterans ASS is tance Program
Handbook" presented in question
and answer form:
@. If a veteran resigned or signed
quit slip" when he left his job
to enter the armed forces, is he en-
titled to his old job?
A. Yes, if he actually left the job
to 60 into the service, even If some
time elapsed while he was waiting
to enter the service or was winding
up his civilian affairs. If he quit
for some other reason and then en-
tered the service, he loses his re-
employment rights.
Obligated to Provide Job.
@. If the employer can't possibly
put the veteran back at his old job,
does he still have to re-employ him
elsewhere in the plant?
Voc l1,o1occ tho proo1nyer'S cir-
cumstances have so changed that
1t is impossible or unreasonable"
to re-employ him. The employer Is
obligated to give him job that
is not necessarily identical with his
old job but gives him equal seniority,
status and pay.
@. May an employer refuse to re-
employ a veteran because the vet
eran's replacement on the job is
more efficient?
A. No.
@. May an employer refuse to re-
employ or hold on the job veteran
because 1t would mean firing nom
veteran with greater seniority?
A. Selective service says no. This
position was supported by recent
Federal Court decision.
@. Can a veteran be refused re-
employment because he is not a
union member?
A. No, not even if the job he re-
turns to is in closed shop.
@. If an employer has gone out
of business, is he still legally obli-
gated to re-employ veteran?
A. Not if he has actually gone
out of business, but change in the
method of carrying on a business
or change in the name of firm
would not constitute going out of
businesss.
Temporary Job Status.
@. If several men went to war
from the same job, do all of them
have unemployment rights or are
all but the first one temporary
employees?
A. If the employer can prove that
the men knew when they first went
to work that their jobs were tenn
porary, they have no unemployment
rights. Otherwise, they are all en-
titled to a job with their old en-
ployer. The fact that several vet
erans held the same job does not
automatically rule out re-employ-
ment for all but one of them.
@. If the veteran returns to his
old job and the veteran who held
it before him then comes back, who
gets the job?
A. The veteran who held it first.
However, the veteran with the Sec
ond claim to the job cannot be laid
off unless it is impossible or un-
reasonable" for the employer to give
him another job of like seniority,
status and pay.
@. If plant lays off some OF its
workers after veteran has been
re-employed, does the veteran lose
his job?
A. A veteran is entitled to one
years employment unless he Is fired
for cause. In the case of a partial
shutdown where some employees are
laid off, the veteran stays on the
job as long as his job or a similar
one exists in the plant. Selective
service says his job rights are not
affected by union contracts which
provide that the men with greatest
senioTity-veterans or nonveterans
should be held on the job longest
If the shutdown is complete and
everybody is laid off, the veteran is
entitled to his job when the plant
reopens However, the law guar
anteeS the veteran only one years
employment. The year of employ
ment begins when he is first re-
instated and is not extended by tenn
porary shutdowns.
Part Time Provision.
@. Does a veteran who worked
part time have re-employment
rights?
A. If the part-time work is not
short-term, but involves perform
ing regular. continuing service over
an indefinite period, it is not con-
sidered a temporary position and
the veteran has the same re-employ-
ment rights as if he had worked
full time.
@. Does veteran who was listed
as a probationary worker" have
unemployment rights?
A. That depends on the employ
ment relationship. A probationary
worker is not considered a temporary
employe-and without re-employ-
ment rights-if the term probation
ary was used to indicate a period
of time which must elapse before
he was entitled to such privileges
as seniority rights. vacations, in
surance benefits and automatic pay
raises.
@. Do veterans who held proba-
tional appointments under Federal
Civil Service have unemployment
rights?
A. Yes. They are not considered
temporary employees.
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