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Illinois Now Requires Paid Leave for Military Funeral Honors Detail

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Beginning August 1, 2025, Illinois employers with at least 51 employees must provide certain covered employees with up to eight hours of paid leave per month, or up to 40 hours of paid leave per calendar year to perform...more

Freeman Law

Benefits and USERRA | Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

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This wonderful nation – and the working economies it affords – will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. That philosophy is advanced in the workplace through the statutory and regulatory...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

New Colorado Military Leave Law Now in Effect

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Update for Employers With Colorado Employees Who Are Members of the Colorado National Guard or U.S. Armed Forces Reserves - Effective earlier this year, HB23-1045 clarifies employment leave requirements for members of the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

To Pay or Not to Pay Military Leave? Ninth Circuit Leaves Jury to Decide USERRA Comparability Analysis

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Do you have to pay an employee on military leave? Generally, you only have to pay for military leave if you pay employees on “comparable” leaves. So what is a comparable leave? In Clarkson v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., the Ninth...more

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Jury to decide whether service member employees should be paid for military leave

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Thanks to a recent ruling by the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Arizona), Alaska Airlines now faces a jury trial in a class action claim that it...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

You Get Paid Leave! And You Get Paid Leave! USERRA Gets You Paid Military Leave!

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) entitles employees to paid short-term military leave in certain circumstances, following the...more

Morgan Lewis

Third Circuit Joins Seventh Circuit in Holding Paid Leave May Be Required During Military Service

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The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held on August 10 in Travers v. Federal Express Corporation that paid leave is among the “rights and benefits” that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

7th Circuit Allows USERRA Class Action To Proceed

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Commercial air pilot and Air Force reservist Eric White filed a class action against United Airlines under the United Services Employee and Reemployment Right Act (USERRA) claiming United violated USERRA by not providing paid...more

Fisher Phillips

Comprehensive FAQs For Employers On Hurricanes And Other Workplace Disasters

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This article addresses many employment-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters; consequently, in addition to federal laws, we also focus on certain state laws, especially those in the areas...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOL Clarifies Employers’ Retirement Plan Obligations Under USERRA

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On August 9, 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued USERRA Fact Sheet 1, providing guidance to employers about their pension obligations to reemployed service members under the Uniformed Services Employment and...more

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HR Law 101 Ep. 9: How Does USERRA Apply To Your Company?

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The Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, also known as USERRA, has multiple responsibilities for employers and employees. In this episode of HR Law 101, attorney Tawny Alvarez will highlight a few...more

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Employee Benefits While on Leave

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You probably already know that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRA”) generally requires an employer to restore an employee to his or her previous position of employment upon returning from...more

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