I'd have an associate come in to handle my patient load...and I'd have them
sign a non-compete clause so that when I came back, they couldn't open up
shop across the street and take any of the patients with them.


"John H" wrote in message
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 17:01:30 GMT, "Mark Browne"
wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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Dr. Tooth,
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Just for fun, comment on the crop of reservists returning to the job
market
when the come back from the big sandbox?

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Just to answer one of your comments - you may be interested in the
following excerpt:

Employment and Reemployment Rights


The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994
(USERRA), enacted October 13, 1994 (Title 38 U.S. Code, Chapter 43,
Sections 4301-4333, Public Law 103-353), significantly strengthens and
expands the employment and reemployment rights of all uniformed
service members.

Who's eligible for reemployment?

"Service in the uniformed services" and "uniformed services" defined
-- (38 U.S.C. Section 4303 (13 & 16)

Reemployment rights extend to persons who have been absent from a
position of employment because of "service in the uniformed services."
"Service in the uniformed services" means the performance of duty on a
voluntary or involuntary basis in a uniformed service, including:

· Active duty

· Active duty for training

· Initial active duty for training

· Inactive duty training

· Full-time National Guard duty.

· Absence from work for an examination to determine a person's
fitness for any of the above types of duty.


· Funeral honors duty performed by National Guard or reserve
members.

· Duty performed by intermittent disaster response personnel for
the Public Health Service, and approved training to prepare for such
service (added by Pub. L. 107-188, June 2002). See Title 42, U.S.
Code, section 300hh-11(e).

For more info, go to:
http://www.dol.gov/vets/whatsnew/userraguide0903.rtf




John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

John,

I was already aware of the right to return to their previous jobs. There
is
no question about the right of these people to return to their jobs, if
the
job still exists.

A lot of self employed folk will have a hard time re-building their
companies after a years absence. They have been away long enough that
their
clients have had to find another source of supply for their services.
Consider how this could affect a news-group regular, such as Dr. Tooth.
If
Nobby had to go away for a year of service, it might take a long time to
re-build his practice to the point where it is at now. Those huge loans
might even pose a serious burden for him. Naturally, this is a
hypothetical
situation because he was much too smart to sign up for the guard!

Primarily, the question I posed for NYOB is about the folks that will be
bumped when the military guy comes back for his job. These newly
unemployed
persons will add to the glut of job seekers. The first wave will be
released back to the market just before the 2004 graduation class hits.

If I were a betting man, I would go for good odds on a rise in the number
of
job seekers that can't find meaningful work.

Mark Browne

Your comment, "Just for fun, comment on the crop of reservists
returning to the job market when the come back from the big sandbox?"
indicated no such knowledge. Sorry.

Unless you are a believer in the Household Survey, self-employed
people don't count anyway, right?

Most of the troops in Iraq are active duty, and won't be flooding the
job market. As of September, 2003, there were 122,000 Army personnel
in Iraq, including 3,000 National Guard soldiers and 5,000 reservists,
Army officials told the Post. Another 5,000 Guard soldiers and 7,000
reservists are serving in Kuwait. That would mean a "flood" of about
20,000. Maybe some percent of those will not have jobs waiting. Most
companies do not want the negative publicity associated with *not*
having a job for returning military.

Also, most companies don't hire someone knowing they will have to fire
them upon the return of the soldier. The growth in the economy over
the past year will more than compensate for the *at most* flood of
20,000 reservists.

As for NOYB, he, like other dentists with whom I'm familiar, would
probably have on tap someone to handle his patients while he was
mobilized. Would you immediately switch dentists if you knew your
regular would return in a year? I wouldn't. Many dental procedures can
be postponed. If a patient *had* to go to a different dentist, and
liked that dentist better, well, that's life in the big city.

If I had a dental practice, I surely wouldn't join the reserves. The
country is not suffering for people to join the military, so
patriotism is not an issue. Joining the Navy, during the Vietnam war,
was a good way to avoid going to Vietnam. Usually! For many, joining
any of the services other than the Army was a way to avoid the draft
and almost certain service in Vietnam.

(Don't know what prompted that tangent, but since you're surely
anti-Kerry you shouldn't care much.)

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!