Feds say Utah company fired president for military service! Your take?

2015-05-15T09:18:48-04:00

Prosecutors say the company fired Naval Reserve Captain Paul Costello from his position as president in July 2013 and denied an application for reemployment later that year. Costello has served as an F-18 fighter pilot and been a part of the Naval Reserve since 1997.

The company contends that Costello never disclosed his military leave and continued to collect a salary during the period he claims to have been on active military duty. Company policy states that Costello would have been placed on unpaid leave and reinstated afterward if he had followed proper procedure.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Feds-say-Utah-company-fired-president-for-6261862.php

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made May 15 at 2015 9:22 AM

2015-05-15T09:22:36-04:00

Sounds as if there are two sides to this story.

Response by CW3 Phil H. made May 15 at 2015 11:07 AM

2015-05-15T11:07:36-04:00

Without knowing additional details it appears that the company HR department was deficient in following it's own policy and proceedures. You would think they would keep better track of it's executives (Especially thier own President). It's my understanding all that is required is a verbal notification of upcoming military service (We all know a paper trail is better but sometimes it's not always available until after the fact). It will be interesting to see the outcome. Hopefully he didn't spend the money he recieved from the company during the deployment because as the former President he should be aware of the company policy concerning pay during deployments.