Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

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USERRA Return Notification to Employer

Job protections available to servicemembers when they are called into military service.
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The American Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide

The Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide is a detailed 600 page guide originally printed in 2009. Read more to access the guide and learn more about what it has to offer.
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Interactive Form - USERRA Notification to Employer

As a member of the Armed Forces, Reserves, National Guard or other uniformed services, you have some job protections when you are called into military service.

EEOC issues new guidelines on veteran employment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued two revised publications addressing issues regarding veterans with disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA.

Both documents are available on the agency's website at www.eeoc.gov.

These reflect changes to the law stemming from the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, which make it easier for veterans with a wide range of impairments, such as traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder, to get needed reasonable accommodations that will enable them to work successfully.

The Guide for Employers explains how protections for veterans with service-connected disabilities differ under the ADA and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, or USERRA, and how employers can prevent disability-based discrimination and provide reasonable accommodations.

The Guide for Wounded Veterans answers questions that veterans with service-related disabilities may have about the protections they enjoy when they seek to return to their former jobs or look for civilian jobs.

The publication also explains the kinds of accommodations that may be necessary to help veterans with disabilities obtain and successfully maintain employment.

USERRA Advisor

USERRA provides employment and reemployment rights for members of the uniformed services, including veterans and members of the Reserve and National Guard. Under USERRA, service members who leave their civilian jobs for military service can perform their duties with the knowledge that they will be able to return to their jobs with the same pay, benefits, and status they would have attained had they not been away on duty. USERRA also prohibits employers from discriminating against these individuals in employment because of their military service. 

Basic information about this important law and how to file a USERRA Claim is included at this website.

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