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Understanding the USERRA

USERRA was passed to ensure the civilian reemployment rights of military members who were called away from their regular (nonmilitary) jobs by US government orders. Unlike other EEO laws, there is no minimum number of employees required for coverage by USERRA—all employers must comply with the law. Per the US Department of Labor website, “USERRA is intended to minimize the disadvantages to an individual that occur when that person needs to be absent from his or her civilian employment to serve in this country’s uniformed services. USERRA makes major improvements in protecting service member rights and benefits by clarifying the law and improving enforcement mechanisms.” USERRA covers virtually every individual in the country who serves or has served in the uniformed services, and it applies to all employers in the public and private sectors, including federal employers. It also provides protection for disabled veterans, requiring employers to make reasonable efforts to accommodate their disabilities. Under USERRA, the employee returning from military service is not only entitled to the job that they had when they left, but they are entitled to any “escalation,” or any job or pay/benefits increase they would have attained, if they had not been called away.