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USERRA regulations, posters, explanation
December 17, 2005 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
Hats off to DOL for publishing new regs in a Q-and-A format, regs that apply to over one-half-million citizen soldiers mobilized during the past three years. The regulations come under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA).
DOL's interactive web site "USERRA Advisor" provides easy to find answers to questions by employees and employers.
Excerpt from the DOL press resease:
The U.S. Department of Labor [December 16, 2005] announced regulations, to be published Monday, Dec. 19 in the Federal Register, interpreting the law that protects employment and reemployment rights and benefits of service members upon their return to civilian life. This is the first time since its passage in 1994 that the Department of Labor has developed regulations to explain and clarify the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA). The department’s action is the latest in a series of proactive steps taken to ensure job security for the largest group of mobilized National Guard and Reserve service members since World War II. USERRA prohibits discrimination against past and present members of the uniformed services and establishes reemployment rights for service members who want to return to the jobs they held prior to service.
I first learned about this from an email from Edward Still in Birmingham Alabama.
