Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 38 : Section 4313


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 4313. Reemployment positions

      (a) Subject to subsection (b) (in the case of any employee) and
    sections 4314 and 4315 (in the case of an employee of the Federal
    Government), a person entitled to reemployment under section 4312,
    upon completion of a period of service in the uniformed services,
    shall be promptly reemployed in a position of employment in
    accordance with the following order of priority:
        (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case
      of a person whose period of service in the uniformed services was
      for less than 91 days - 
          (A) in the position of employment in which the person would
        have been employed if the continuous employment of such person
        with the employer had not been interrupted by such service, the
        duties of which the person is qualified to perform; or
          (B) in the position of employment in which the person was
        employed on the date of the commencement of the service in the
        uniformed services, only if the person is not qualified to
        perform the duties of the position referred to in subparagraph
        (A) after reasonable efforts by the employer to qualify the
        person.

        (2) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case
      of a person whose period of service in the uniformed services was
      for more than 90 days - 
          (A) in the position of employment in which the person would
        have been employed if the continuous employment of such person
        with the employer had not been interrupted by such service, or
        a position of like seniority, status and pay, the duties of
        which the person is qualified to perform; or
          (B) in the position of employment in which the person was
        employed on the date of the commencement of the service in the
        uniformed services, or a position of like seniority, status and
        pay, the duties of which the person is qualified to perform,
        only if the person is not qualified to perform the duties of a
        position referred to in subparagraph (A) after reasonable
        efforts by the employer to qualify the person.

        (3) In the case of a person who has a disability incurred in,
      or aggravated during, such service, and who (after reasonable
      efforts by the employer to accommodate the disability) is not
      qualified due to such disability to be employed in the position
      of employment in which the person would have been employed if the
      continuous employment of such person with the employer had not
      been interrupted by such service - 
          (A) in any other position which is equivalent in seniority,
        status, and pay, the duties of which the person is qualified to
        perform or would become qualified to perform with reasonable
        efforts by the employer; or
          (B) if not employed under subparagraph (A), in a position
        which is the nearest approximation to a position referred to in
        subparagraph (A) in terms of seniority, status, and pay
        consistent with circumstances of such person's case.

        (4) In the case of a person who (A) is not qualified to be
      employed in (i) the position of employment in which the person
      would have been employed if the continuous employment of such
      person with the employer had not been interrupted by such
      service, or (ii) in the position of employment in which such
      person was employed on the date of the commencement of the
      service in the uniformed services for any reason (other than
      disability incurred in, or aggravated during, service in the
      uniformed services), and (B) cannot become qualified with
      reasonable efforts by the employer, in any other position which
      is the nearest approximation to a position referred to first in
      clause (A)(i) and then in clause (A)(ii) which such person is
      qualified to perform, with full seniority.

      (b)(1) If two or more persons are entitled to reemployment under
    section 4312 in the same position of employment and more than one
    of them has reported for such reemployment, the person who left the
    position first shall have the prior right to reemployment in that
    position.
      (2) Any person entitled to reemployment under section 4312 who is
    not reemployed in a position of employment by reason of paragraph
    (1) shall be entitled to be reemployed as follows:
        (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in any other
      position of employment referred to in subsection (a)(1) or
      (a)(2), as the case may be (in the order of priority set out in
      the applicable subsection), that provides a similar status and
      pay to a position of employment referred to in paragraph (1) of
      this subsection, consistent with the circumstances of such
      person's case, with full seniority.
        (B) In the case of a person who has a disability incurred in,
      or aggravated during, a period of service in the uniformed
      services that requires reasonable efforts by the employer for the
      person to be able to perform the duties of the position of
      employment, in any other position referred to in subsection
      (a)(3) (in the order of priority set out in that subsection) that
      provides a similar status and pay to a position referred to in
      paragraph (1) of this subsection, consistent with circumstances
      of such person's case, with full seniority.



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