The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 263)
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§ 263. Employees entering armed forces
(a) A person in the permanent employ of the State of Vermont who is or has been inducted
or ordered into the active service of the U.S. Armed Forces or who voluntarily enlists
or was enlisted in such service in time of war or national emergency, or who is ordered
to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces and thus
for any of these causes leaves a permanent position, shall be restored to the position
or to a position of like seniority, status, and class, or the nearest approximation
as the person would have had if the person had been continually employed by the State,
provided such person:
(1) terminates service or active duty with the U.S. Armed Forces at the conclusion of
the person’s initial period of service or tour of duty, together with involuntary
extensions of service or tour of duty, and furnishes a certificate or other valid
evidence of satisfactory completion of military service;
(2) is still qualified to perform the duties of the person’s position with the State;
and
(3) makes application for reemployment within 90 days after being relieved of military
service.
(b) If a person returning to a position in State employment under the provisions of subsection
(a) of this section is not qualified to perform the duties of the position by reason
of disability sustained during such service but is qualified to perform the duties
of some other position in the employ of the State that is vacant, the person shall
be assigned to another position so as to provide the person with the same seniority,
status, and class, or the nearest approximation as the person would have had if the
person had been continuously employed by the State.
(c) The words permanent employment shall not be construed as including any position that
is elective or appointive where a term of office has expired. (Amended 2025, No. 18, § 8, eff. May 13, 2025.)