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Committee considers bill to require employers to hold jobs for spouses of deployed service members
Summary
HB 225 would require employers with 50+ employees to hold a position open for a service member's spouse during involuntary mobilization. Veterans groups and the Adjutant General's office supported the proposal; DOL said it can administer enforcement but suggested technical language clarifications for remedies and fee awards.
Representative Creighton (chair) introduced HB 225, which would require employers of 50 or more employees to hold a position open for a service member's spouse during involuntary mobilization under federal activation (Title 10). The sponsor described the bill as a way to preserve civilian employment for families while the service member is activated.
"If yours your employee's spouse deploys, I just want you to hold that position open," the sponsor said, describing families that face childcare and household strains…
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