Originally Posted by
gollum
There are some seriously dumb people out there. Why would someone even think that mil leave (where you are getting paid by the gov) should also be paid by your company from which you are not working for those days. Sick leave is a paid benefit as a result of being employed and jury duty is unpaid by the gov so the company thought it was important to fulfill a civic duty so they are paying people.
Evidently, those dumb people include lawyers who are about to make a killing off of comparing United paying folks out on jury duty but not out on mil leave. Obviously, the case still has to be litigated, but that is the direction this is going. Unfortunately, this will only result in employers narrowly tailoring paid leaves in order to avoid paying folks out on mil. Congress may have to get involved to be more explicit what the intent is with mil leave. I’m in favor of protecting folks on mil leave, but the more burdensome you make it, the more companies will find ways to avoid hiring reserve/ guard folks.