Reservists and Reemployment

[larry v]

A question for you reservists who have left for training/deployments and returned to your job:

Did you return to the exact same position you left? Or say if you work for a hospital, can they just decide they want to put you in a similar but different department with different hours?

For example, a reservist who works in a SICU, day shift leaves for training/deployment. This reservist followed the proper procedure for leaving and returning. Can the hospital take this reservist and decide to employ them in a different area/different shift (say still in critical care, but ends up in CCU working night shift)?

I'm still in the process of applying (Flight physical coming up soon), but this crossed my mind the other day.

[jeckrn, BSN, RN]

a question for you reservists who have left for training/deployments and returned to your job:

did you return to the exact same position you left? no, but i bid on another one while deployed. or say if you work for a hospital, can they just decide they want to put you in a similar but different department with different hours? yes, as long as it is a equivilant position and pay they can legally do that. there is no law stating they have to hold the exact position you held when you left.

for example, a reservist who works in a sicu, day shift leaves for training/deployment. this reservist followed the proper procedure for leaving and returning. can the hospital take this reservist and decide to employ them in a different area/different shift (say still in critical care, but ends up in ccu working night shift)? yes, as long as it has the same pay grade.

i'm still in the process of applying (flight physical coming up soon), but this crossed my mind the other day.

if the hospital has a union see what their position is about having positions changed. also find out what other reservist from the hospital have gone thru and see what the past practices are.