R. C. Edwards, Jr. v. Clinchfield Railroad Company

Appellee employee left his employment with appellant employer for two years to serve in the armed services. Thereafter, he brought an action against his employer in connection with the latter’s determination of the length of vacations with pay by the number of years of continuous service during each year in which the employee rendered compensated services.

The District Court held that an employee who leaves his employment to serve in the armed services is entitled to be restored, after resuming employment, to a position, which, on the moving escalator of terms and conditions affecting that…