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leaves to serve in the Uniformed Services is for a brief, non-recurrent period and there is not a
reasonable expectation that such employment will continue indefinitely or for a significant period.

E. Augusta, Georgia is also not required to re-employ an employee returning from military leave if
circumstances have changed so that reemployment would be impossible or unreasonable.

DETERMINING POSITION UPON REEMPLOYMENT

• An employee whose period of Uniformed Service was less than 91 days must be reemployed,
promptly, in a position that he/she would have attained with reasonable certainty if continuously
employed (the "escalator position"). If not qualified for that position (after reasonable attempts to
qualify the employee) the employee must be reemployed in the position he/she left, and if the
employee is not qualified for the pre-service position (after reasonable attempts to qualify the
employee), the employee must be reemployed in any other position that is the nearest approximation
first to the escalator position and then to the pre-service position, provided the employee qualified
for the position (or can become qualified for the position through reasonable efforts by Augusta,
Georgia).
• For an employee whose period of Uniformed Service was 91 days or more, the requirement is the
same, however, a position of like seniority, status and pay may be offered in lieu of the escalator
position or the pre-service position.

REEMPLOYING A DISABLED VETERAN

An employee who has a disability incurred in, or aggravated during military service, and who (after
reasonable efforts by the department to accommodate the disability) is not qualified due to the disability to
be employed in the escalator position he or she would have attained but for the Uniformed Service must
promptly be reemployed in any other position that is equivalent in seniority, status and pay to the escalator
position. If the employee is not qualified for an equivalent position due to the disability, the employee must
promptly be reemployed in the nearest approximation to such a position in terms of seniority, status and
pay, consistent with the circumstances of the person’s case.

DISMISSING THE EMPLOYEE

Employees returning from military leave may not be dismissed, except for cause, within these time limits:

• Within the first one (1) year of reemployment, if the period of service was more than 180 days, or
• Within the first six (6) months of reemployment, if the period of service was between thirty (30)
and 180 days.

BENEFITS

Health, Dental, Life & Flexible Spending Accounts

An employee and his or her dependents are eligible to continue participation in the health and dental plan
and medical flexible spending account while the employee is on military leave by paying the employee’s
monthly contribution. The maximum period of coverage shall be the lesser of:

• The twenty-four (24) month period beginning the date the employee’s leave of absence begins; or
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