Many of you may not be aware that a law was passed in 1941 protecting Reservists jobs at call-up with the onset of what we laughably called the Emergency . It was revoked in 1954 with the passing of the 1954 Defence Act which is the current bedrock act. See the excerpt below http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1...d/en/html#sec8
cough just put it back on the books for heavens sake cough
a) either—
(i) a person who is a Reserve officer has been before, or is after, the passing of this Act called out on permanent service, or
(ii) a person has been before, or is after, the passing of this Act appointed to temporary commissioned rank, and
(b) such person (in this sub-section referred to as the former employee) was, at the time he was so called out on permanent service or appointed to temporary commissioned rank (as the case may be), employed by another person (in this sub-section referred to as the former employer) who is neither a Minister of State nor a statutory body responsible to a Minister of State,
the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(c) it shall be the duty of the former employer to reinstate the former employee at the termination of his military service in an occupation and under conditions not less favourable to him than those which would have been applicable if he had not been so called out on permanent service or appointed to temporary commissioned rank;
(d) if the former employer fails to so reinstate the former employee, the former employer shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds;
(e) if the former employer is found guilty of such offence, the court by which he is so found guilty may also order him to pay to the former employee such amount (not exceeding six times the sum which would, if he had not so been called out on permanent service or had not been appointed to temporary commissioned rank (as the case may be) and had been in the employment of the former employer at the termination of his military service, have been the monthly remuneration payable to him by the former employer at the time of such termination) as the court thinks fit;
(i) a person who is a Reserve officer has been before, or is after, the passing of this Act called out on permanent service, or
(ii) a person has been before, or is after, the passing of this Act appointed to temporary commissioned rank, and
(b) such person (in this sub-section referred to as the former employee) was, at the time he was so called out on permanent service or appointed to temporary commissioned rank (as the case may be), employed by another person (in this sub-section referred to as the former employer) who is neither a Minister of State nor a statutory body responsible to a Minister of State,
the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(c) it shall be the duty of the former employer to reinstate the former employee at the termination of his military service in an occupation and under conditions not less favourable to him than those which would have been applicable if he had not been so called out on permanent service or appointed to temporary commissioned rank;
(d) if the former employer fails to so reinstate the former employee, the former employer shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds;
(e) if the former employer is found guilty of such offence, the court by which he is so found guilty may also order him to pay to the former employee such amount (not exceeding six times the sum which would, if he had not so been called out on permanent service or had not been appointed to temporary commissioned rank (as the case may be) and had been in the employment of the former employer at the termination of his military service, have been the monthly remuneration payable to him by the former employer at the time of such termination) as the court thinks fit;
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