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Ohio Companies Struggle With Hiring ReservistsAssociated Press
March 12, 2007
Some companies say they'll have a tough time holding jobs open for military reservists and National Guard members now that the military has abandoned its two-year limit on the amount of time citizen-soldiers can be required to spend in Iraq or Afghanistan.
A 1994 federal law, enacted after veterans of the first Gulf War returned home to unemployment, prohibits employers from discriminating against workers called to active duty.
Ohio employers say they won't stop hiring military members, but frequent deployments are hard on business.
According to the U.S. Labor Department, Ohio had 67 complaints last year by reservists and National Guard members who say they illegally lost jobs, pay or benefits because they were deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
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