Since World War II, federal law has required that employers hire back any reservist called to active duty.
Military officers say they have learned the lessons of Jenin, and would not use reservists in any fight in the camps.
Some big businesses, however, go beyond the call of duty, making up any difference between the reservists' normal salary and army pay, or continuing to pay a full salary, according to the Reserve Officers Association ROAA) in Washington, D.C.
The boss, in turn, must make sure reservists were given any promotions, pension benefits and raises that were handed out while they were away.
When tabulating the official military suicide rate, Pentagon medical statisticians use a total population figure that includes all Guard members or reservists who spent any period of time on active duty in a given year, even if it was only a few days.
In preparation for a possible Israeli infantry invasion, Hamas announced that it is recruiting 1,000 "reservists" to foil any such attack.
The Israeli cabinet authorised the call-up of 40,000 army reservists in preparation for any potential ground offensive.
The poll shows that 86% of FSB members said that any government support to businesses employing reservists should focus on the specific needs of small and micro firms, rather than big business.
I do not think Chip Frederick - or any of the other inexperienced, poorly trained reservists at Abu Ghraib - went to Iraq full of original ideas about how to torment the locals that just happened to match the methods designed by the Pentagon.
The MPs say "it would be unacceptable if the UK decided not to take part in any action because of the cost of deploying reservists".
