{"id":13745,"date":"2018-06-13T15:36:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T15:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/13\/court-ruling-could-mean-huge-windfall-for-thousands-of-reservists\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:41:29","slug":"court-ruling-could-mean-huge-windfall-for-thousands-of-reservists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/military-pay-center\/2018\/06\/13\/court-ruling-could-mean-huge-windfall-for-thousands-of-reservists\/","title":{"rendered":"Court ruling could mean huge windfall for thousands of reservists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Tens of thousands of military reservists<\/a> may be eligible for extra vacation or nearly a month\u2019s worth of pay from federal departments due to a recent court ruling concerning their past mobilizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government\u2019s bill for the windfall could stretch into the hundreds of millions of dollars, but few individuals eligible for the extra benefits have thus far pursued them. Advocates think that\u2019s because the ramifications of the court ruling aren\u2019t well known, despite their widespread potential impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of the agencies involved with this are going to be facing pretty big bills,\u201d said Anthony Kuhn, managing partner at the law firm Tully Rinckey. \u201cSo I don\u2019t expect them to be happy about it or really promoting it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At issue are reservists who hold federal jobs and were mobilized to active-duty at any point since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\t