Check paid-leave policies before employees take military leave

Employees in the National Guard or Reserves usually serve their military stint in the summer. An urgent question is whether you must provide short-term paid leave to these employees. The answer may be yes, according to a federal appeals court that ruled the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act’s rights and benefits clause may compel you to extend short-term paid leave to military employees if short-term paid leave is available to other employees.