Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2482 – Right of employee who entered armed forces to be reinstated
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2482
- Appointing authority: means any official, officer, board, commission, council, or person having the power to make appointments to positions in the municipal fire and police services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Classified service: means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Departmental service: means employment in the public services offered and performed separately by the fire and by the police departments of the municipality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Employee: means a person legally occupying a position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Position: means any office and employment in the municipal fire and police services, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
Any regular and permanent employee who left a position of the departmental service, which now comes within the classified service, subsequent to May 1, 1940, and entered the armed forces of the United States shall be restored to his position and, thereafter, be subject to the rights and jurisdiction of the classified service created by this Part if he makes application therefor to the appointing authority within sixty days from the date of his honorable discharge or discharge under honorable conditions, and is physically and mentally capable of performing the work of his position to the satisfaction of the appointing authority.