Originally Posted by
jamesholzhauer
The company and Sedgwick asked me for my orders before I went on long term mil. I just ignored their request. Sent them in to Sedgwick when I returned from leave. The dudes I dealt with at Sedgwick had no idea when I asked specific questions. I don’t think you’d have any issues tbh, no matter what your orders said.
Technically they are entitled to ask for a copy of orders >30 days. That's the only documentation that law requires, period. For routine drills or shorter orders, you only have to notify them, they cannot require docs. Their ONLY recourse is to contact your CO.
I had an employer do that once, they had my CP make the call (he didn't want to, and was embarrassed to ask for the contact info). My direct-report was an AD two-star... after getting filtered by the staff for a few days the CP finally got through. We had a laugh about it later, it basically it went like "Why the eff are you calling me about reserve crap? He knows how to do his job, he'll tell you when he needs to be on mil leave. Click".