Employee Manual 2025 - Flipbook - Page 43
required or permitted had the employee remained continuously employed. Such payments to the
plan may be made upon reemployment and for a period of up to 3 times the length of military
service, not to exceed 5 years.
Reemployment Rights: Employees returning from military service may be re-employed under the
following circumstances:
1. The employee provided proper advanced notice of the military service obligation;
2. The cumulative length of time that the employee was absent as a result of such service
was not more than five years;
3. The employee was not released from the service under conditions that were
dishonorable, “other than honorable,” or which involved a court martial, an absence in
excess of three months without authority, or an imprisonment by a civilian court; and
4. The employee provided timely notice to the City of intent to return to work.
Generally, an employee returning from military service will be reemployed to the position that
the employee would have held if there had been no interruption in employment. The City will
make a reasonable effort to assist employees in qualifying for such position (including training
that does not cause undue hardship) but, where such efforts fail, the employee may be placed in
the last position they held or in another position of like seniority, status, and pay, the duties of
which the employee is qualified to perform. Employees still unable to qualify for any position
above may be offered another position of lesser status and pay (for which they are qualified to
perform) with full seniority.
The City may choose to not reemploy any employee who was hired on a temporary basis or any
regular employee if the City’s circumstances have changed so much as to make reemployment
impossible or unreasonable, where it causes the City undue hardship, or as otherwise permitted
by law.
Employee Obligations: Employees who will be performing military service must give advanced
written or verbal notice to the human resources director as soon as possible. Notice is not
required if precluded by military necessity or if the giving of such notice is otherwise impossible or
unreasonable.
Similarly, employees desiring reinstatement generally must return to work promptly or provide
notice of their intent to return to work as follows:
• Where service was less than 31 days, the employee must report to work at the
beginning of the first full regularly scheduled work day after expiration of an 8
hour period following completion of military service.
• Where service was 31 to 180 days, the employee must submit an application for
reemployment within 14 days after completion of military service.
City of Plymouth Employee manual - Page 43 – May 2025
