HR Law 101 Ep. 9: How Does USERRA Apply To Your Company?
The stated purpose of the “Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act” (Dole Act) is to improve Department of Veterans Affairs programs for home and community-based services for...more
On January 2, 2025, then-President Biden signed into law the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act (Dole Act), a bipartisan bill that expands healthcare and other benefits for...more
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) prohibits employment discrimination and retaliation based on an employee’s military status or obligations. If an individual’s military status or their...more
In August 2024, pilots employed by Alaska Airlines and members of the Air Force Reserves scored a major victory in a federal appeals court. In Synoracki v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...more
In December 2024, a U.S. Army Reservist and professional chef filed a lawsuit against filmmaker Woody Allen, his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, and their house manager, alleging that he was fired due to his complaints of improper...more
On August 22, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its decision in Synoracki v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., reviving a class action under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...more
The landscape of federal military leave law may be shifting. In the past three years, four federal appellate courts have held that an employer may be required to offer paid leave for an employee’s military service where the...more
On June 24, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation. The Supreme Court will review the Federal Circuit’s decision affirming the Merit Systems Protection Board’s...more
A little more than a year after U.S. Army veteran Le Roy Torres kept his case alive at the U.S. Supreme Court, a Texas jury voted unanimously to award him $2.49 million on the claim that his former employer, the Texas...more
On June 8, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held in Myrick v. City of Hoover, Alabama that military leave is comparable to paid administrative leave under the Uniformed Services Employment and...more
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) applies to all private employers in the U.S., regardless of size, and requires them to provide unpaid leave for up to five years for certain absences...more
Most employers know that under federal law they have to provide job protected, unpaid military leave to their employees. There are, of course, various requirements and standards, but assuming those are met, employees may take...more
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
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) provides some of the most sweeping obligations under federal labor laws. Employers with employees or applicants who leave for services in the active...more
A few recent cases may have savvy employers rethinking their military leave policies and choosing to pay employees on short-term military leave to the same extent they voluntarily pay employees benefits for other leaves of...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on February 3 reinstated an airline pilot’s putative class action lawsuit alleging that United Airlines violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...more
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
Under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), employers are prohibited from taking adverse employment actions against employees because they are servicemembers or are obligated to...more
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act prohibits employers of all types and sizes from discriminating against applicants and employees on the basis of their military status or obligations, and...more
In this episode, Nickolas Spiliotis discusses employer responsibilities when a natural disaster hits. He covers wage and hour issues, employee protections, and tips for employers. ...more