§ 30-21-1. Reinstatement by previous employer required.
If any employee enters the land, naval, and air forces of the United States of America, upon his or her honorable discharge from service, his or her former employer, if requested within forty (40) days after honorable discharge and if the employee is still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position, shall reinstate the employee to his or her former employment or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay, unless the employer’s circumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do so, and nothing in this section shall be construed at any time to prevent the employer, if so requested, from restoring any employee by releasing any other employee of like or different status and pay or from granting employment to other honorably discharged servicemembers in the same manner as though they had entered service as employees of that employer. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty of a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
History of Section.P.L. 1943, ch. 1351, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 30-21-1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 30 - Military Affairs and Defense
Chapter 30-21 - Employment of Veterans
Section 30-21-1. - Reinstatement by previous employer required.
Section 30-21-2. - Seniority rights on reemployment by prior employer.
Section 30-21-4. - Waiver of rights.
Section 30-21-5. - Rights of other veterans preserved.
Section 30-21-6. - Hiring of unqualified persons not required.
Section 30-21-7. - Failure to allow proper seniority.
Section 30-21-8. - Preference in public employment — Notice to community service division.
Section 30-21-9. - Custodial service in public buildings.
Section 30-21-10. - Notice of vacancies in custodial service.
Section 30-21-12. - Appointment to police or fire forces.
Section 30-21-13. - Extension of credits, benefits, and privileges.