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Show 4 COOPERATION BETWEEN REGISTRANT EMPLOYEES AND THEIR EMPLOYERS Comp'.ete cooperation between employees and employers in connection con-nection with the operation of the Selective Service System is imperative imper-ative to facilitate and Insure civilian civil-ian Job protection for registrants, National Headquarters, Selective Service System, announced today. "Keep your employers informed of your Selective Service status at all times," Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey, deputy director of Selective Sel-ective Service, advised all registrants regis-trants and Inductees. "You owe that protection to them so that they can make intelligent arrangements to protect your Job for you. They should be promptly advised as to how you heve been classified, whon you expect to be called for training, and then as to what are your plans after you have experienced military training. "If you are learning somethlnj that will make you more valuable to them when you return to civilian civil-ian life, it is not only fair but also to your Interest to tell them about it. If you should decide that you would like to continue in a military mili-tary career after vour one vear of training is ended, you owe them 1 that advice as early as possible, also, so that they may plan your permanent replacement in their organizations." or-ganizations." The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, Gen. Hershey pointed out, gives civilian Job protection to every man Inducted Into the military mili-tary service under its authority. It provides that each shall receive a certificate of merit if he completes his military training to the satisfaction satis-faction of his superior officers and it specifies that: "In case of any such person who, in order to perform such training and service, has left or leaves a position, other than a temporary position, in the employ of any employer em-ployer and who (1) receives such certificate, (2) is still qualified to perform the duties of such position, and (3) makes application for reemployment re-employment within 40 days after he is relieved from such training and service -- "(A) if such position was in the employ of the Unted States Government, Govern-ment, its Territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia, such person shall be restored to such position po-sition or to a position of like sen iority, status, and pay: "(B) if such position was in the employ of a private employer such employer shall restore such person to such position or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay unless un-less the employer's circumstances have so changed as to make it unreasonable un-reasonable or impossible to do so." The Act also . provides that inductees in-ductees restored to their Jobs shall not lose seniority and shall be considered con-sidered as having been on leave or furlough. It further stipulates that when so restored they shall not lose their Jobs without cause for at least one year. 'In view of these requirements for the protection of Selective Service Ser-vice registrants, which are imposed by law upon their employers!" General Gen-eral Hershey said, "It would seem only fair play that the registrants also should cooperate by keeping their employers advised as to their status." |